# Passing variables to other steps

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/passing-variables-to-other-steps/27700>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Created:** [January 16, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/passing-variables-to-other-steps/27700 "2019-01-16T20:15:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/passing-variables-to-other-steps/27700/5 "2019-01-17T09:00:52Z")

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Can you do `export VAR=value` in a step? I’ve not got an example to hand, but I wonder whether it would help.

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