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Sets an existing variable in the current context, reports variable value.

bob fred

Associations

• Is the default command for the 'global' context.
• Does not have its own command name in 'global' for console or script.

Arguments

• name - name for variable to set
• value (optional) - the value to set. If no value, then prints value if exists.

Details

Can be used to set or report a value for an existing variable. Will fail if variable does not already exist.

This command behaves like a combination of 'var' and 'set', but will never create a variable:

• varedit - never creates, sets anytime value exists
• var - creates and sets only if not exist
• set - creates and sets any time

Examples

Default values

• 'bob' without a value. Variable 'bob' doesn't exist, and 'bob' is not the name of anything else.

> bob
Unknown: bob

• Tries to set variable 'bob' to 'fred'. Fails as 'bob' does not exist.

> bob fred
Unknown: bob

• Using the 'set' command to create the variable 'bob' and set to 'fred'.

> set bob fred

• Same as the first example, but now 'bob' exists.

> bob
'bob' is 'fred'

• Try to set existing 'bob' to 'james', value changes.

> bob james
> bob
'bob' is 'james'