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--- AppleScript [2025/02/27 06:34] – [Using AppleScript to Get and Set Keyboard Maestro Variables] peternlewis
+++ AppleScript [2025/02/27 06:45] (current) – [Local & Instance Variables] peternlewis
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 ```applescript
 tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
-    getvariable <KM Variable Name>
+    set v to getvariable "<KM Variable Name>"
-    setvariable <KM Variable Name> to <New Value>
+    setvariable "<KM Variable Name>" to "<New Value>"
 end tell
 ```
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-To get or set [[manual:Variables#Instance_Variables_v8|Local or Instance Variables]], you must pass the macro execution instance to the `getvariable` or `setvariable` command.  The instance is passed in to your script via the KMINSTANCE environment variable (v8.0.3+).
+To get or set [[manual:Variables#Scope|Local or Instance Variables]], you must pass the macro execution instance to the `getvariable` or `setvariable` command.  The instance is passed in to your script via the KMINSTANCE environment variable (v8.0.3+).
-  * //Local Variables// are denoted by a Variable with the prefix of "Local".
-  * //Instance Variables// are denoted by a Variable with the prefix of "Instance".
 ```applescript
-### Requires Keyboard Maestro 8.0.3+ ###
 set kmInst to system attribute "KMINSTANCE"
 tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
-	set kmLocalVar1 to getvariable "Local__SomeLocalVariable" instance kmInst
+	set v to getvariable "Local__SomeLocalVariable" instance kmInst
 	setvariable "Local__FromAS" instance kmInst to "Variable set in AppleScript."
 end tell
-log kmLocalVar1
+log v
 ```