topic what is the difference ? in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/what-is-the-difference/m-p/311421#M114964 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>If the first character of a <SPAN style="background-color: #3399ff; color: #ffffff;">variable</SPAN> value is an <SPAN style="font-style: italic;">equals</SPAN> sign ' = ' QlikView will try to evaluate the value as a formula (QlikView expression) and then display or return the result rather than the actual formula text.</P><P></P><P>C u,</P><P>Stefano</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:42:38 GMT 2011-10-04T12:42:38Z what is the difference ? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/what-is-the-difference/m-p/311420#M114963 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello</P><P>when defining a variable what is the difference between defining it with a starting "=" sign and defining it without putting an "=" sign?</P><P>sometimes the variable returns the same value with both definintions and sometimes the variable doesn't return anything if not preceeded with an "=" sign</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:35:34 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/what-is-the-difference/m-p/311420#M114963 ali_hijazi 2011-10-04T12:35:34Z what is the difference ? https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/what-is-the-difference/m-p/311421#M114964 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>If the first character of a <SPAN style="background-color: #3399ff; color: #ffffff;">variable</SPAN> value is an <SPAN style="font-style: italic;">equals</SPAN> sign ' = ' QlikView will try to evaluate the value as a formula (QlikView expression) and then display or return the result rather than the actual formula text.</P><P></P><P>C u,</P><P>Stefano</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:42:38 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/what-is-the-difference/m-p/311421#M114964 2011-10-04T12:42:38Z