# Help with Macro: SET\_GCODE\_VARIABLE doesnt set my variable

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**Created:** [October 16, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://klipper.discourse.group/t/help-with-macro-set-gcode-variable-doesnt-set-my-variable/11014 "2023-10-16T18:16:59Z")\
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That’s because macros are evaluated before they are run. All the variables are “translated” before the macro is executed so if the macro itself changes the value of a variable, that change won’t be reflected during the same execution of the macro. To work around this, create a second macro called something like TEST\_RESPOND, have that macro do the `RESPOND TYPE=error MSG=‘{test}’` line, and call TEST\_RESPOND at the end of TEST. Keep in mind that TEST\_RESPOND will need to lookup the value of the test variable from the TEST macro.

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