# set

## Description

Creates a global variable with a value associated to it.

## Input / Parameter

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

## Output

| Description                        | Output Type |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------- |
| Returns the formatted information. | Object      |

### Object

| Key     | Description                                                             | Output Type |
| ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| success | Boolean value to denote whether the function was executed successfully. | Text        |
| message | The message to print.                                                   | Text        |
| data    | Any additional message or data to print.                                | Text        |

## Example

In this example, we will set the value of a global variable and check whether the variable has been set successfully in the console.

### Steps

1. Drag a `button` component into the canvas and open the `Action` tab. Select the `press` event of the button and drag the `Log.write` function to the event flow.
2. Call the function `Variable.set` inside the `value` parameter of the `Log.write` function. (\*Note: The `Log.write` function is used here for ease of demostrating the output.)
3. Create a variable called `version` with the value `1.0.0`

   ![](https://399701567-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwmJ1RKjM2uNFaL6fO3Xu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-93322a1970f172fea9a9ed5f63309136805d7ec6%2Fset-step-1.png?alt=media)
4. This will create a global variable called "version" containing the value "1.0.0" that can be accessed by other components or on other pages of your app.

### Result

1. The value of the global variable `version` can be accessed by using the function `Variable.get`.
2. Using the above flow will display the value `1.0.0` in the browser console.

   ![](https://399701567-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwmJ1RKjM2uNFaL6fO3Xu%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-89a7c4b93a41f40e1df9ee1d9b9960538d885ca9%2Fset-result-1.png?alt=media)

## Links

### Related Information

See also:

* Functions
  * [Variable.get](https://github.com/OrangeKloud/emobiq-documentation/blob/master/document/client/gitbook/2-5-actions-and-visual-logic/action-reference/react-native/Variable/get/get.md)