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title: "Initial"
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section_path: "The Node Editor > The individual Assets > Flow Control > Memory > Initial"
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group_id: "NET_MAXON_NODE_LCVBASE_INITIAL"
description: "On the Node itself, the inputs have to be added manually for the variables that you want to save. The type for these variables should also match the …"
---

## Initial

### Variable 1

Parameter ID: `INITIAL__0` · Range: [XYZ ]

On the Node itself, the inputs have to be added manually for the variables that you want to save. The type for these variables should also match the selected data type that you used in the **Type** group. Otherwise recalculations or conversions of data types can occur. If you then pass these variables within the Memory Node to the corresponding **Next** output, the Node will save both the current as well as the previous value for this variable.