# \`let x\` without assignment (\`let x = 1\`)

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**Created:** [February 28, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/let-x-without-assignment-let-x-1/95297 "2023-02-28T01:10:50Z")\
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A variable without an assignment declares a new local variable in a `let` block but does not give it a value.

This was recently clarified in the docs: [clarify `let x` without an assignment by stevengj · Pull Request #48122 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/48122)

See also the discussion here [Syntax: How to write a cleaner code for many composed computations - #12 by uniment](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syntax-how-to-write-a-cleaner-code-for-many-composed-computations/92211/12)

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