# Environment Variables { #environment-variables }

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If you already know what "environment variables" are and how to use them, feel free to skip this.

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An environment variable (also known as "**env var**") is a variable that lives **outside** of the Python code, in the **operating system**, and could be read by your Python code (or by other programs as well).

# Variables de Entorno { #environment-variables }

/// tip | Consejo

Si ya sabes qué son las "variables de entorno" y cómo usarlas, siéntete libre de saltarte esto.

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Una variable de entorno (también conocida como "**env var**") es una variable que vive **fuera** del código de Python, en el **sistema operativo**, y podría ser leída por tu código de Python (o por otros programas también).

# Переменные окружения { #environment-variables }

/// tip | Совет

Если вы уже знаете, что такое «переменные окружения» и как их использовать, можете пропустить это.

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Переменная окружения (также известная как «**env var**») - это переменная, которая живет **вне** кода Python, в **операционной системе**, и может быть прочитана вашим кодом Python (или другими программами).

# Umgebungsvariablen { #environment-variables }

/// tip | Tipp

Wenn Sie bereits wissen, was „Umgebungsvariablen“ sind und wie man sie verwendet, können Sie dies überspringen.

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Eine Umgebungsvariable (auch bekannt als „**env var**“) ist eine Variable, die **außerhalb** des Python-Codes im **Betriebssystem** lebt und von Ihrem Python-Code (oder auch von anderen Programmen) gelesen werden kann.

$ python main.py

// As we didn't set the env var, we get the default value

Hello World from Python

// But if we create an environment variable first
$ export MY_NAME="Wade Wilson"

// And then call the program again
$ python main.py

// Now it can read the environment variable

Hello Wade Wilson from Python
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    "BUILD_TYPE_ID",
    "JPROFILER_HOME",

    // Used by mirror init script, see RepoScriptBlockUtil
    "IGNORE_MIRROR",

    "LANG",
    "LANGUAGE",
    // It is possible to have many LC_xxx variables for different aspects of the locale. However, LC_ALL overrides all of them, and it is what CI uses.
    "LC_ALL",
    "LC_CTYPE",

    "JDK8",
    "JDK11",
    "JDK17",

    "JDK_HOME",
    "JRE_HOME",

$ python main.py

// As we didn't set the env var, we get the default value

Hello World from Python

// But if we create an environment variable first
$ export MY_NAME="Wade Wilson"

// And then call the program again
$ python main.py

// Now it can read the environment variable

Hello Wade Wilson from Python
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在许多情况下，环境变量的用途和适用性并不是很明显。但是在开发过程中，它们会在许多不同的场景中出现，因此了解它们是很有必要的。

/// tip | Consejo

Para entender las variables de entorno, puedes leer [Variables de Entorno](../environment-variables.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

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## Tipos y validación { #types-and-validation }

# variables in it, OR may be left empty if the user has already exported the
# relevant variables in their environment. Because of 'set -o allexport' above
# (which is equivalent to "set -a"), every variable in the file is exported
# for other files to use.
#
# Separately, if TFCI is set *and* there are also additional TFCI_ variables