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# getVar

## Description

Returns the value of a global variable.

## Input / Parameter

| Name    | Description                        | Input Type  | Default | Options | Required |
| ------- | ---------------------------------- | ----------- | ------- | ------- | -------- |
| var     | The name of the variable.          | String/Text | -       | -       | Yes      |
| default | The default value of the variable. | String/Text | -       | -       | No       |

## Output

| Description                                                                                          | Output Type |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| Returns the value of the global variable if there is a value, returns the `default` value otherwise. | String/Text |

## Callback

N/A

## Video

## Example

### Steps

1. Drag the `getVar` function into the event flow panel. (\*Note: The `console` function is used here for ease of demostrating the output.)
2. Specify the variable name that you would like to access.

![](/files/MjYpoLYwLgZdr5qb4qNW)

### Result

| Variable exists                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Variable does not exist                                                                                                                                               |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p>If the specified global variable has previously been set (see <a href="https://github.com/OrangeKloud/emobiq-documentation/blob/master/document/client/006-actions-and-visual-logic/action-reference/cordova/App/getVar/setvar/README.md"><code>setVar</code></a>), the function will return the variable's value: ("1.0.0" in this example)<br><img src="/files/lZ55yAUxsAmVbqvgoCeG" alt=""></p> | <p>If the specified global variable does not exist, the function will return the value in <code>default</code>:<br><img src="/files/UUqaRUo3aCiUeY7aXSW8" alt=""></p> |

## Links

* See also [`setVar`](https://github.com/OrangeKloud/emobiq-documentation/blob/master/document/client/006-actions-and-visual-logic/action-reference/cordova/App/getVar/setvar/README.md)