Make it a function and return that value as the function result to the
caller.

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Bob Phillips

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"Nigel" wrote in message
ups.com...
so in a subroutine, i set a variable in the middle of script, and
aftewards, i wanted to use that variable globally....can i take a
variable and set a global variable with it from inside a subroutine?