# Recursive updating a variable with a repeater

**URL:** <https://community.make.com/t/recursive-updating-a-variable-with-a-repeater/82720>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** set-variable, repeater\
**Created:** [May 18, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/recursive-updating-a-variable-with-a-repeater/82720 "2025-05-18T09:28:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KOKOworld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85f322/32.png) [@KOKOworld](https://community.make.com/u/KOKOworld)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/recursive-updating-a-variable-with-a-repeater/82720/1 "2025-05-18T09:28:00Z")

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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.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/3/d/3d85d7c4048129446bcdbe0438318981915e74b4.png)  
However, the second operation of Set Variable module seems to ignore it and repeats the operation with the same input as the first repetition.  
 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/f/6/f6aec4a6b7711874ab7b7bf6303bbca571ce4ba5.png)

Here’s how my Set Variable is set up:

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/0/5/057d32954c18f02b2f3b2b84bd212a3de9966fad.png)

I am not sure if I do something incorrectly or Make does not support this kind of approach. [Another post I read](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-add-values-to-an-array-within-a-repeater/72254) 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.

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**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/recursive-updating-a-variable-with-a-repeater/82720/3 "2025-05-19T09:00:37Z")

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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](https://academy.make.com) will save you lots of time and frustration using Make!

— @samliew

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**Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/recursive-updating-a-variable-with-a-repeater/82720/4 "2025-08-17T09:02:29Z")

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