Set global variable in FOX formula

Hi all,
Does anybody know how to change the value of a global variable inside a FOX formula?.
I can get its value and assign to a local variable but I would like to set the global value after reading a keyfigure and make some calculations.
is it possible? maybe with some ABAP function call?
Thanks for your help!

Include characteristic HIRE in your 'fields to be changed' of planning function and in FOX write:
DATA L_HIRE TYPE HIRE.
DATA EXISTBPSID TYPE ZTA_BPSID.
DATA BPSIDNO TYPE ZTA_BPSID.
BPSIDNO = VARV(BPSTAS2).
FOREACH L_HIRE.
IF EXISTBPSID = '#'.
{L_HIRE,BPSIDNO} = {L_HIRE,EXISTBPSID}.
BPSIDNO = BPSIDNO + 0000000001.
ENDIF.
ENDFOR.

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Message was edited by: stanbridgej - colors and or fonts won't save. Have bolded my question to make code (non-bolded) easier to read (I hope).

Hi MorisTM,
Thanks for the reply!
Yes, I saw that option (I should have mentioned I already knew about it), but was wondering if there is a way I can do this via code.
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CODING I HAVE TO DATE
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