set tcl

Overview

Read and write variables

Syntax

set varName ?value?

Description

Returns the value of variable varName. If value is specified, then set the value of varName to value, creating a new variable if one doesn't already exist, and return its value. If varName contains an open parenthesis and ends with a close parenthesis, then it refers to an array element: the characters before the first open parenthesis are the name of the array, and the characters between the parentheses are the index within the array. Otherwise varName refers to a scalar variable. If no procedure is active, then varName refers to a global variable. If a procedure is active, then varName refers to a parameter or local variable of the procedure unless the global command has been invoked to declare varName to be global.

Keywords

read, write, variable