# Laika Environments

### Creating a new Environment and defining a Variable

Click on the **\[ Environment ]** Icon.

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Click on **\[ New ]** to create a new Environment space

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Name the Environment then add a new variable in that Environment by clicking on the **\[ + ]** button. When naming environment variables. your variables have to satisfy this rules.

* Start with alphabets (a-z,A-Z) or underscore (\_) 
* Consist of alphabets (a-z,A-Z), underscore (\_)  or Numbers (0-9)

`Notes: Two Variables in the same Environment cannot have the same name.`

then hit the **\[ Create ]** button.

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And that's it!

### Using variables from environments

Select the environment that you want to use by selecting the Environment dropdown on the top right of the UI.

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Then, pick an environment of your choice.

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In the request that you want to use variables from Environment. Put the name of variables in the form of {{ variable\_name }}

`Tip: The Input form to use environment variables will have a suggestions dropdown so you can easily identify and use them.`

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