# Assigning variable, its easy i know but i'm being stupid!

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**Created:** [June 30, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-variable-its-easy-i-know-but-im-being-stupid/230964 "2007-06-30T16:11:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![sean1983uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@sean1983uk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sean1983uk)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/assigning-variable-its-easy-i-know-but-im-being-stupid/230964/1 "2007-06-30T16:11:31Z")

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i’m using:

```auto
     if (matchStatus == "fixture") 
{
    startingpoint = [];
    startingpoint = i;
} 

```

to trace where fixture attributes are found in xml.

it returns something like:

> 4  
> 5  
> 6  
> 7  
> 8  
> is there a way i can set the first value returned (ie “4”) to a variable?

it tried to use:

```auto
 varX = startingpoint[0];

```

but no luck