# Block to call a variable

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/block-to-call-a-variable/13031>\
**Category:** Unit and Lesson Discussion\
**Tags:** csd-unit-3, csd-unit-3-lesson-3\
**Created:** [December 12, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/block-to-call-a-variable/13031 "2017-12-12T15:05:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![carmichaelc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/carmichaelc/32/921_2.png) [@carmichaelc](https://forum.code.org/u/carmichaelc)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/block-to-call-a-variable/13031/1 "2017-12-12T15:05:33Z")

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Shouldn’t there be another block to call the variable? Thanks

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**Author:** ![josh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/josh/32/868_2.png) [@josh](https://forum.code.org/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/block-to-call-a-variable/13031/2 "2017-12-12T17:06:04Z")

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A block to call a variable would just be that variable’s name. Because we don’t know what you’ve named your variables, we can’t provide blocks for them in the toolbox (except in cases where we’ve defined a for you, like World.seconds).

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**Author:** ![carmichaelc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/carmichaelc/32/921_2.png) [@carmichaelc](https://forum.code.org/u/carmichaelc)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/block-to-call-a-variable/13031/3 "2017-12-12T17:45:40Z")

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I meant assign. ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/codeorgforum/original/2X/3/34a7213f2c876b528e669ecbe7f0977a849c3278.png) It’s in Unit 3 Lesson 5 - Stage 4 shows it in the documentation but Stage 5, it’s not available in the toolbox. It shows up starting in Stage 11 so it’s probably on purpose. Thanks for your help though!

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**Author:** ![josh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/josh/32/868_2.png) [@josh](https://forum.code.org/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/block-to-call-a-variable/13031/4 "2017-12-12T18:24:31Z")

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Ah, yes that block should be available any time we’re asking students to work with variables, so it’s probably just an oversight on our part. I’ve logged the feedback so we can fix then when we start on the next revision of the course.