# Getting variables value from inside function

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**Created:** [September 20, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-variables-value-from-inside-function/31289 "2003-09-20T21:09:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nocturn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90ced4/32.png) [@Nocturn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nocturn)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-variables-value-from-inside-function/31289/1 "2003-09-20T21:09:00Z")

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I’m pretty new to AS, I understand that whatever variables you have inside a function will be discarded once the function finishes?

I need the value of a variable that’s inside a function, I’ve tried declaring it outside the function, and also give it an initial value, but it seems that when the function finishes the variable goes back to it’s original value.