# Passing out Variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-out-variables/168550>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 8, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-out-variables/168550 "2005-11-08T03:23:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Histtin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Histtin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Histtin)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passing-out-variables/168550/1 "2005-11-08T03:23:43Z")

</div>

Hi… I’m trying to pass a variable out of the ‘XML.onLoad = function() {’, but the variable keeps coming up undefined. This is what my actionscipt looks like:

```auto
XMLData.onLoad = function() {
  _global.variable = blah blah blah
}
trace(variable)

```

Any suggestions?