# Tip: User declared variables will NOT work in “for each” loops

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/tip-user-declared-variables-will-not-work-in-for-each-loops/1865107>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** bug, for-each\
**Created:** [May 6, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/tip-user-declared-variables-will-not-work-in-for-each-loops/1865107 "2022-05-06T16:48:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/tip-user-declared-variables-will-not-work-in-for-each-loops/1865107/8 "2022-05-06T19:30:30Z")

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I agree. This is not technically a bug. It’s the way Thunkable is intended to be used… not necessarily the best way it could be configured but it’s intentional, I believe. The loop block has its own internal variables that you need to use.

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