---
title: Set variable
icon: pen
---

The "Set variable" block allows you to set a particular value to a variable.

<Frame>
  <img src="/images/blocks/logic/set-variable.png" alt="Set variable" />
</Frame>

## Custom

You can set your variable with any value with `Custom`. It can be any kind of plain text but also **Javascript code**.

### Expressions with existing variables

It means you can apply operations on existing variables.

Add a value to your variable:

```
{{Score}} + 5
```

Compute a sum of variables:

```
{{Score}} + {{Answer}}
```

Multiply variables together:

```
{{Score}} * {{Multiplier}}
```

Compute a percentage:

```
{{Score}} * 100 / {{Max Score}}
```

Extract the first name from a full name:

```
{{Full name}}.split(' ')[0]
```

Transform existing variable to upper case or lower case:

```
{{Name}}.toUpperCase()
```

```
{{Name}}.toLowerCase()
```

This can also be Javascript code. It will read the returned value of the code and set it to your variable.

```js
const name = 'John' + 'Smith'
return name
```

If you don't provide the `return` keyword then it will be automatically prepended to the beginning of your code.

```js
'John' + 'Smith'
```

is the same as

```js
return 'John' + 'Smith'
```

<Info>
Variables in script are not parsed, they are evaluated. So it should be treated as if it were real Javascript variables.

So, if you write `"{{My variable}}"`, it will parse the variable ID (something like `vclfqgqkdf000008mh3r6xakty`). You need to remove the double quotes to properly get the variable content value.

For example,

- ❌ `"{{URL base}}/path"` => `vclfqgqkdf000008mh3r6xakty/path`
- ✅ `{{URL base}} + '/path'` => `https://domain.com/path`
- ✅ `` `${{{URL base}}}/path` `` => `https://domain.com/path`

</Info>

<Info>
  Variables content can either be a string or a list of strings. Check out
  [Valid value types](../../variables#valid-value-types) for more information.
</Info>

## Result ID

This will set your variable with the current result ID. The result ID is the ID that corresponds to a row of your [Results](../../../results/overview.mdx) table. It can be considered like a User ID for the currently chatting user.

## Moment of the day

It will set your variable with either one of these values based on the user's time of the day: `morning`, `afternoon`, `evening`, `night`.

Then you can use this variable to conditionally display content:

<Frame style={{ maxWidth: '400px' }}>
  <img
    src="/images/blocks/logic/moment-condition.png"
    alt="Moment of the day condition"
  />
</Frame>

## Map item with same index

This is a convenient value block that allows you to easily get an item from a list that has the same index as an item from another list.

When you are pulling data from another service, sometimes, you will have 2 lists: `Labels` and `Ids`. Labels are the data displayed to the user and Ids are the data used for other requests to that external service.

This value block allows you to find the `Id` from `Ids` with the same index as `Label` in `Labels`

<Frame>
  <img
    src="/images/blocks/logic/set-variable-map-item.png"
    alt="Set variable map item with same index"
  />
</Frame>

## Get user's geo location

For this you can provide the following custom code:

```js
function getLocation() {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(
      (position) =>
        resolve(`${position.coords.latitude}, ${position.coords.longitude}`),
      (error) => resolve('error'),
      { enableHighAccuracy: true, timeout: 5000 }
    )
  })
}

const coords = await getLocation()

// Check for error
if (coords === 'error') {
  return 'Unable to get location'
}

return coords
```

This custom function can only work when it is executed on the client browser so you need to make sure to enable the "Execute on client" option.