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Sample Tasks -> T13- Save Variables in a file and use it later in the task or pass it to other tasks

Task Description: Assign values to a variable while the task is running or save it to pass it to other tasks.

T13.atmn

Note: Save the .atmn file in My Documents->Automation Anywhere->Automation Anywhere->My Tasks

Solution
1.	Create a variable	Go to Tools->Variable Manager and in 'User Variables' click on 'Add New Variable'. Select a variable of type 'Value' and select the option 'Read from text file'. Specify the file from where you would like to read the values from. Screenshot 1
2.	Assign the values to variable at runtime	Let's say you want to assign the value of $Clipboard$ variable to other variable and use that value later in your task. Use "Log to file" command to log the value of the $Clipboard$ variable and thus assign its value to the variable declared by you. Specify the values for the variable in the format described in the "How to Use" section. Screenshot 2
3.	Process the assigned values	Use this assigned value of the variable in conditional commands for further processing later in the task. In Screenshot 3 refer to a sample task that compares two excel cells and does the processing based on the contents.

You can create a variable to be read form text file. At runtime in the task, you can write the value of the variable in the format <variable>=<value>. Assigning the values to variable comes in very handy when you want to compare data that is copied in the Clipboard one after another.