# Need help with variables

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-variables/1333014
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** beginner
**Created:** [June 8, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-variables/1333014 "2021-06-08T13:16:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![haribo1264jmtfcu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@haribo1264jmtfcu](https://community.thunkable.com/u/haribo1264jmtfcu)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-variables/1333014/1 "2021-06-08T13:16:57Z")

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Link to app: [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/91e7a2c71ff41ef2bace6092474cab6d)

I need help with getting multiple variables to work on the playing screen.

The text fields that are using the name entries are using either Player 1 or Player 2. And the blocks tab is not allowing me to select both of the variables.

Sorry if that was a poor description, but if you take a look at the app, the problem should be clear. Thanks 🙂

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### Author: ![overturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/53a042/32.png) [@overturner](https://community.thunkable.com/u/overturner)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-variables/1333014/2 "2021-06-08T13:40:44Z")

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This Works  
What i did make the 2 opens blocks to one and renamed the player 1 name

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### Author: ![haribo1264jmtfcu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@haribo1264jmtfcu](https://community.thunkable.com/u/haribo1264jmtfcu)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-variables/1333014/3 "2021-06-09T14:28:00Z")

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Thanks for the help. I put both set text blocks under the one when playing tab. But when I try to rename the top one to app variable Player1Name, it does not appear on the list

 ![image_2021-06-09_152751](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/1/2/12036d94d14fc077a59358df69563fa85f2cf416.png)

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### Author: ![overturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/53a042/32.png) [@overturner](https://community.thunkable.com/u/overturner)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-variables/1333014/4 "2021-06-09T14:38:31Z")

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change it to something like player1naame

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-variables/1333014/5 "2024-11-08T13:20:22Z")

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