Unable to set a local variable

RouterOS Scripting
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:local elem 0;
:local firstsession "";

:foreach sessid in=[/user-manager/session/find where user=testuser] do={
	if ($elem < 1) do={
		:set $firstsession [/user-manager/session/get $sessid started];
		:put message=("First session: ".$firstsession); # Works - shows "jun/11/2022 16:33:32"
		:set $elem 1;
	}
}
:put message=("User testuser, Session start: ".$firstsession); # Doesn't work - returns empty value

Any ideas why “set” only works within the foreach loop but I’m unable to read it outside of it? It just returns an empty value.

2

You test it on terminal?

on terminal
:local x 1
and on the 2nd line, local x do not longer exist.

On terminal you must start everytime with { and end with }
and use correct syntax:
{

:local elem 0
:local firstsession “never”
:local usr “testuser”

/user-manager/session
:foreach sessid in=[find where user=$usr] do={
if ($elem = 0) do={
:set firstsession [get $sessid started]
:put “First session: $firstsession”
}
:set elem ($elem + 1)
}

:put “User $usr have $elem session(s) and the first is started: $firstsession”

}