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**#SET(** //symbol//,//value// **)**

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| **#SET** | Assigns a value to a single-valued user-defined symbol. |
| //symbol// | A single-valued user-defined symbol. This must have been previously declared with the #DECLARE statement. |
| //value// | A built-in or user-defined symbol, string constant, or an expression. |

The **#SET** statement assigns the //value// to the //symbol//. If the //value// parameter contains an expression, you may perform mathematics during source code generation. The expression may use any of the arithmetic, Boolean, and logical operators documented in the //Language Reference//. If the modulus division operator (%) is used in the expression, it must be followed by at least one blank space (to explicitly differentiate it from the Template symbols). Logical expressions always evaluate to 1 (True) or 0 (False). Clarion language procedure calls (those supported in EVALUATE()) and built-in template procedures are allowed.

**Example:**

**#SET****(%NetworkApp,'Network')**

**#SET****(%MySymbol,%Primary)**

**#FOR(%File)**

** ****#SET****(%FilesCounter,%FilesCounter + 1)**

**%FileStructure**

**#ENDFOR**

**See Also:     [[ declare  declare a user defined symbol .htm|#DECLARE]]**