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<div><h1>globalAssign -- global assignment, in function form</h1>
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<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>globalAssign(s,v)</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>s</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Symbol.html">symbol</a></span>, the symbol whose value is to be set</span></li>
<li><span><tt>v</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Thing.html">thing</a></span>, the value to be assigned to <tt>s</tt></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><tt>v</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Thing.html">thing</a></span></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><p>This function mimics what happens in the interpreter when an assignment to a global variable occurs, and can be useful if the name of the symbol is not known when the code is written. If the value changes, then <a href="___Global__Release__Hook.html" title="">GlobalReleaseHook</a> and <a href="___Global__Assign__Hook.html" title="hook for assignment to global variables">GlobalAssignHook</a> are called appropriately.</p>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : x = y
o1 = y
o1 : Symbol</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : globalAssign(x,4)
o2 = 4</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : x
o3 = y
o3 : Symbol</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : y
o4 = 4</pre>
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