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command, but not to the <B><A HREF="info.html">info exists</A></B> command.
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If the <B>variable</B> command is executed inside a Tcl procedure,
it creates local variables
linked to the corresponding namespace variables (and therefore these
variables are listed by <B><A HREF="info.html">info vars</A></B>.)
In this way the <B>variable</B> command resembles the <B><A HREF="global.html">global</A></B> command,
although the <B><A HREF="global.html">global</A></B> command
resolves variable names with 