Set Value
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Create a new variable and set its value; or
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Set the value of an existing variable
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Enter the name of the variable (new or existing) to which you want to assign a value
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If you want to create a new variable, type the name of the new variable
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If the variable already exists, choose the name of the variable from the drop-down list
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Set the value of the variable you have specified
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You can include free text and/or values copied from different variables
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<Enter> <Space> and/or <Tab> can be used
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To include the value of a different variable, indicate its name by typing it between dollar signs (e.g., $MyVar$)
Create "special character" variables to use later in other Advanced Commands
To use <Enter> <Space> or <Tab> in other Advanced Commands, it's a great idea to create variables for these special characters up front:
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Create a variable named Enter, and set its value to <Enter>
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Create a variable named Space, and set its value to <Space>
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Create a variable named Tab, and set its value to <Tab>
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Create a variable named Empty, and set its value to <Nothing> (i.e., no character)
You'll find these special variables especially useful when using delimiters (such as in the Split command) or when replacing text (such as in the Replace command).
Example
Build a date string by combining month, day, and year
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Set a variable to define the separator character
Result: separator =
/
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Set a variable to store the date using the predefined separator character
Result: date =
08/10/1967