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title: "define state · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Store this state as reference, which can later be used by \"use reference\""
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/references/state_define_reference
language: en
---

# define state

This block is part of the [`references`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/references) group and was last modified in core [`v13.0.1`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130001).

Store this state as reference, which can later be used by "use reference"

- state required `state`

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