# How to set a stored variable from a text input?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954 "2020-01-30T03:12:29Z")
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### Author:  [@chris.bailey230698t](https://community.thunkable.com/u/chris.bailey230698t)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954/1 "2020-01-30T03:12:29Z")
I’m not really sure how to explain this one with my lack of lingo, but on the post below, I can only see a stored variable being set when an event occurs that has a designated result (such as ‘value’, ‘result’ etc):
[https://docs.thunkable.com/variables#app-stored-and-cloud-variables](https://docs.thunkable.com/variables#app-stored-and-cloud-variables)
I’m hoping to be able to store a number that is typed into a box and display it permanently within the app until another number is put in. But this doesn’t come with a ‘result’ or ‘value’ to use and I’m not sure how to translate that into my need.
The image above is an attempt at explaining the process, but here’s a video which may shed more light on what I mean. Basically, when you see the ‘33’ pop up - essentially that’s what I need to stick around until it’s changed again. This doesn’t need to be stored in a database - I just need it to be there when the app is closed and reopened.
I think I understand the differences between the different variables now as some users explained them really well in one of my previous posts, but using them is a different story!
Thank you! 🙂
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### Author:  [@KaneoheKid](https://community.thunkable.com/u/KaneoheKid)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954/2 "2020-01-30T06:49:45Z")
You are storing the CARB\_INPUT text for later use, correct? If so, I don’t see where the value is stored, it looks like the “updateRecentRatio” function is never called. Are there more blocks?
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### Author:  [@chris.bailey230698t](https://community.thunkable.com/u/chris.bailey230698t)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954/3 "2020-01-30T18:45:52Z")
Hi @KaneoheKid, sorry about that - those are just remnants from things I had tried before!
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### Author:  [@KaneoheKid](https://community.thunkable.com/u/KaneoheKid)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954/4 "2020-01-31T06:50:43Z")
OK, try looking at this project:
[https://x.thunkable.com/copy/d7486fcab6e8a449834b8d91de9f9ad7](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/d7486fcab6e8a449834b8d91de9f9ad7)
It stores your last saved variable and keeps it, then displays it when you start the app the next time (“Screen1 Opens” block). Is this what you are trying to do? I did the same thing with a map, just to show a slightly different use. Hope this helps.
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### Author:  [@chris.bailey230698t](https://community.thunkable.com/u/chris.bailey230698t)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954/5 "2020-01-31T14:36:11Z")
Hi @KaneoheKid, thank you for this! It’s populating the label field but it is resetting to the original number after the app is relogged into - how can I avoid this? I assumed the stored field would be constant until changed?
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### Author:  [@KaneoheKid](https://community.thunkable.com/u/KaneoheKid)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954/6 "2020-02-01T20:16:20Z")
The problem is that you have two similarly named variables. When the submit\_IC\_button is clicked, you save the “CARB\_INPUT Text” into the temporary variable named appCarbRecent. Therefore, each time you quit the app, that value evaporates. You need to change that block to “stored CarbRecent” which is a variable that persists.
You will still need to load the stored variable result when the screen starts, use the “When Home\_Screen Opens” block as i demonstrated in the example.
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### Author:  [@chris.bailey230698t](https://community.thunkable.com/u/chris.bailey230698t)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954/7 "2020-02-01T21:04:13Z")
Hi @KaneoheKid, thank you for this - I apologise this is taking me so long to grasp. I have now amended these elements but it still will not work - I feel as though the ‘when home screen opens’ bit may need to be done differently, can you let me know?
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-set-a-stored-variable-from-a-text-input/434954/8 "2024-11-08T11:41:19Z")