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 ====== Variables ======
+Like most programming languages, Keyboard Maestro allows you, the Macro builder, to create Variables to store data for use later on in the same Macro, or in other Macros.  So, your use of Variables can include the following:
+* Set a Variable using any of these [[:Actions|Macro Actions]]:
+  * [[action:Set_Variable_to_Text|Set Variable to Text Action]]
+  * [[action:Set_Variable_to_Calculation|Set Variable to Calculation Action]]
+  * [[action:Prompt_for_User_Input|Prompt For User Input]] and other _Prompt_ Actions
+  * [[action:Search_Variable|Capture Groups from RegEx Search]] of Variable or Clipboard
+  * The [[token:CurrentClipboard|System Clipboard]] and [[token:NamedClipboard|Named Clipboards]]
+  * Other [[:Actions|Macro Actions]]
+  * Other [[:Tokens|Tokens]]
+* Get or Set Keyboard Maestro Variables using [[:Scripting|Scripting]]
+* Reference a Variable using the [[token:Variable|Variable Token]]:  `%Variable%YourVarName%`
+* And other means discussed below.
+===== Scope =====
 Keyboard Maestro includes variables with three different scopes of allowed access, in order of scope, with broadest scope first:

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