### 3.7.4 Names in procedures

- All variables defined inside a procedure are local to the procedure and their names cannot interfere with names in other procedures. Without further action, they are automatically deleted after leaving the procedure.
- To keep local variables and their value after leaving the procedure, they have to be exported (i.e. made global) by a command like `export` or `exportto` (see export,see exportto, see importfrom; see package). To return the value of a local variable, use the `return` command (see return).

Example:

    proc xxx
    {
      int k=4;        //defines a local variable k
      int result=k+2;
      export(result);  //defines the global variable "result".
    }
    xxx();
    listvar(all);
    ==> // result                         [0]  int 6

Note that the variable `result` became a global variable after the execution of `xxx`.

User manual for Singular version 4.4.1, 2025, generated by texi2html.