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Is there a way to set a runtime variable to be usable in another scope



  • I'm setting a variable I want to use in the entire plan but the variable is set by reading in the value from a file. Is there a way to set it as a plan wide variable?

    Product: BuildMaster
    Version: 5.3.1



  • In OtterScript, variables are block scoped.

    #set $var
    {
        set $var = hello;
    }
    #this will fail because $var is out of scope
    {
       Log-Information $var;
    }
    

    So, just declare the variable at the highest scope you want to use it...

    set $var = <undeclared>;
    
    #set $var
    {
        set $var = hello;
    }
    #this will work because $var is at a higher scope
    {
       Log-Information $var;
    }


  • Alana,
    thanks. Just getting into using the script and didn't realize I could create a var with no value like that.

    Thanks!


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