Fail Variable declaration sintax from manual

RouterOS Scripting
1

Hi,

If i copy and paste this code on a terminal of CCR1009 with routeros 6.47.7 it fails, but on the manual it says it it the correct sintax https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Scripting#Variables:

:local myVar;
:set myVar "my value";
:put $myVar;
log info $myVar

this is the output from the terminal:

admin@Router] > :local myVar;
[admin@Router] > :set myVar "my value";
syntax error (line 1 column 6)
[admin@Router] > :put $myVar;

What is wrong here, why can’t I set my value to myvar?

2

:set $myVar “my value”;

3

Thank you, you’ve saved “half” of my day, hope mikrotik will fix it also in the wiki.
Now the var can be set, but next row :put alway is empty.

4

local variable lives only inside scope, and each command line is in its own scope.
Either put whole script in curly braces or use global variable

and :set $var value does not solve the actual problem either.

5

Thank you, this way all seems to work:

 [ :set $myVar "my value"; log info $myVar ]
6

You should use curly brackets, not square brackets. So correct code:

{ :local myVar; :set myVar "my value"; :log info $myVar; }
7

Or

{ 
  :local myVar
  :set $myVar "Some data"
  :put $myVar
  :log info $myVar
}

Both :set myVar “my value” and :set $myVar “my value” does work fine.