Is there a way to set a runtime variable to be usable in another scope

[jstarbird_7831]

I'm setting a variable I want to use in the entire plan but the variable is set by reading in the value from a file. Is there a way to set it as a plan wide variable?

Product: BuildMaster
Version: 5.3.1

[Alana]

In OtterScript, variables are block scoped.

#set $var
{
    set $var = hello;
}
#this will fail because $var is out of scope
{
   Log-Information $var;
}

So, just declare the variable at the highest scope you want to use it...

set $var = <undeclared>;

#set $var
{
    set $var = hello;
}
#this will work because $var is at a higher scope
{
   Log-Information $var;
}

[Jon]

Alana,
thanks. Just getting into using the script and didn't realize I could create a var with no value like that.

Thanks!