# Variables

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/74105>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 23, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/74105 "2004-12-23T19:00:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![fourthsword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/958977/32.png) [@fourthsword](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fourthsword)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/variables/74105/1 "2004-12-23T19:00:14Z")

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I was taking a RPG tutorial, when it said to, and I quote:

“Give each of the textboxes the variable (not instance name!) of what they are (just the one word.)”

I couldn’t figure out how to do it. I know how to give it an instance name, but how do you give it a variable?

Thanks