# Temporary storage (/ink/temp-storage)
You can read more about temporary variables in ink on the [official documentation](https://github.com/inkle/ink/blob/master/Documentation/WritingWithInk.md#4-temporary-variables).
Sometimes a global variable is unwieldy. ***ink*** provides **temporary variables** for quick, local calculations. Unlike global variables (`VAR`), a temporary variable is **discarded as soon as the story leaves the knot or stitch in which it was defined**.
In the ***ink* + Pixi'VN integration**, `temp` variables are equivalent to temporary variables in storage.
Define [#define]
This functionality in Javascript/TypeScript corresponds to temporary variables in storage.
Declare a temporary variable with the `temp` keyword inside a `~` logic line:
```ink title="ink"
~ temp myTemp = 42
```
You can use any type that ***ink*** supports: integer, floating point, boolean, or string.
```ink title="ink/start.ink"
=== near_north_pole ===
~ temp number_of_warm_things = 0
{ blanket:
~ number_of_warm_things++
}
{ ear_muffs:
~ number_of_warm_things++
}
{ gloves:
~ number_of_warm_things++
}
{ number_of_warm_things > 2:
Despite the snow, I felt incorrigibly snug.
- else:
That night I was colder than I have ever been.
}
```
The variable `number_of_warm_things` is created when the knot is entered and thrown away when it is left.
Set [#set]
This functionality in Javascript/TypeScript corresponds to `storage.set`.
After the initial declaration you can reassign a temporary variable with the same `~` syntax (without repeating the `temp` keyword):
```ink title="ink"
~ temp score = 0
~ score = score + 10
~ score++
```
Get [#get]
To get a temporary variable, use the normal `storage.get` function.
Inside ***ink*** itself, you read a temporary variable exactly the same way as any other variable – by using its name in an expression, inline print, or condition:
```ink title="ink"
~ temp duration = 3
The duration is: {duration}
{ duration > 2:
It's a long scene.
- else:
It's a short scene.
}
```