Recursive updating a variable with a repeater

Hey, dear Make community!

I have come across an issue while trying to update a variable with a repeater.

In my scenario, I hold a variable which is a string. I would like to extend the string by a specific text. In some cases I would like to add the string multiple times - I attempted using a repeater for that. However, despite getting the updated value before the next update, the Set Variable module keeps updating the variable from before the repeater.

In the Get Variable module I clearly see that the second operation outputs the updated variable.


However, the second operation of Set Variable module seems to ignore it and repeats the operation with the same input as the first repetition.

Here’s how my Set Variable is set up:

I am not sure if I do something incorrectly or Make does not support this kind of approach. Another post I read suggests it should be possible, but somehow I keep failing to achieve what I need.

I would appreciate help in fixing the issue or bypassing it a lot.

Welcome to the Make community!

You could just use a Text Aggregator module. This combines strings from the bundles into a single string.

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues. P.S.: investing some effort into the tutorials in the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make!

@samliew