var - any variable name, local variable name, or global variable name (see About naming fields for guidelines on naming variables).

expression - any calculation expression, field, or constant.

calculation - any calculation expression, field, or constant.

Parameters in braces { } are optional.

text, number, date, time, timestamp, container

The Let function allows you to assign the results of expressions to variables and return a result that can use those variables. Use Let to make complex formulas easier to read by reducing the need for calling functions within functions. Let can also make formulas more efficient by storing the result of function calls in variables for re-use within the formula, reducing the number of redundant function calls.

To assign multiple variables in one Let function, use a list syntax enclosed in brackets [ ] and separated by semicolons. To make multiple variables easier to read, you can put each variable and the returned calculation on separate lines, though this formatting is not required. For example:

Three types of variables can be declared in a Let function:

Once defined, local and global variables can be referenced in any calculation within their scope. Local variables defined in a calculation are scoped to the file but are only available when scripts are not running. A local and a global variable (or even two local variables in different scripts) can have the same name but they are treated as different variables and store different values.

You can include an optional repetition number that appears in brackets [ ] immediately after the variable name. For example:

The Let function sets the variables from left to right. You can use previously defined variables (for example, variables that you defined with the Set Variable script step) to define new variable values, and you can nest one Let function within another. If you use a previously defined variable within a nested Let function, the variable has scope only within the nested function (as if you had defined a completely unique variable). See the City example below.

Let ( x = 5; x*x ) returns 25.

Let ( [ x = 5; squared = x*x; cubed = squared*x ]; cubed ) returns 125.

The following example returns San Francisco - Paris.

The following example sets a local variable to the current account's privilege set and returns the contents of the variable. If this calculation is used in a script, the local variable would be available for the duration of the script.

The following example sets a local variable counter at repetition 50 with a value of 120:

The following example shows how to pass named parameters using the Evaluate, Let, and Get(ScriptParameter) functions, allowing access only to variable “a” (the example returns 6):

The following example shows how to pass named parameters, allowing access to both variable “a” and variable “b”. The simplified first parameter makes the second parameter more complex (the example returns 6, 12):

The following example shows how to pass named parameters while keeping the ability to check the syntax of the second parameter of the Let function (the example returns 6, 12):