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You can insert the result of an evaluation expression into a command line using the `{= ... =}` insertion code.

The expression can insert the value of a variable - for example, `{=source=}` or perform a complicated calculation and return the value.

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In this context, the evaluator can also access the values of the various [[:reference:command_reference:external_control_codes|external control codes]] as variables within the expression. For example, the current file path is available as the variable `filepath`.

Quotation marks are stripped by default from values supplied to the evaluator (e.g. `allfilepath` will not put quotes around any of the file paths). To enable quotes to be added, append `#q` to the variable name (e.g. `allfilepath#q`).

The return value from the evaluation expression will be inserted in the command line.