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[Chipp Walters]

Hi John,

While technically, There's not a difference between a local and 'temp' 
variable, I do make such a distinction in naming them.

This is because local variables may be declared and then shared between 
handlers/functions of the same object script. This is handy when 
creating library scripts. You can think of them as private globals if 
you wish.

So, if I declare at the top of my script (outside handlers and functions):

local lServerURL,lFtpURL

I can then use these variables inside any handler/function in my script. 
It is handy for many things, and you don't have to worry about any sort 
of global conflicts.

best,

Chipp

John Tregea wrote:
> Dear Jim, Chipp and James,
> 
> I thought it must be something like that but tend to call 'temporary' 
> variables 'local' variables, so I didn't guess the connection.