# Defining long variable names crashing Cabbage **URL:** \ **Category:** Cabbage slugs\ **Created:** [22 March 2021 13:11 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393 "2021-03-22T13:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\ **Post date:** [22 March 2021 13:11 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/1 "2021-03-22T13:11:57Z")
When you define a variable longer than 23 characters it will crash Cabbage. This problem started from version 2.5.23. If you load a file with a long variable name you crash Cabbage when scrolling through it and you will be unable to edit the file as I found out the hard way. The only way to recover is using an external editor. The program itself is not affected though and will run just fine Happy hunting. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\ **Post date:** [22 March 2021 13:57 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/2 "2021-03-22T13:57:44Z")
I guess it’s a parser issue again. I don’t think it will take me as soon to hunt this one down as it did the comment issue! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\ **Post date:** [22 March 2021 14:26 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/3 "2021-03-22T14:26:19Z")
Had a feeling this would not be a quick one. 😁 Anyway, it’s easy to avoid once you know it. Just have to restrain myself using those long descriptive variable names. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\ **Post date:** [23 March 2021 12:06 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/4 "2021-03-23T12:06:48Z")
I’ve changed this to 32, if you need longer let me know. There is a slight cost to this as the parser is constantly checking text to see if it should highlight things. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\ **Post date:** [23 March 2021 12:17 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/5 "2021-03-23T12:17:05Z")
Hi Rory, the largest variable name I defined was 24 characters long, hence the crash I experienced. I think the most important thing is that Cabbages doesn’t crash when the character limit is (accidentally) reached. ---
**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\ **Post date:** [23 March 2021 12:19 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/6 "2021-03-23T12:19:43Z")
Agreed. [edit] fixed ---
**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2021 20:44 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/7 "2021-03-24T20:44:39Z")
Rory, note that Cabbage still crashes when exceeding the limit of 31 characters. ---
**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2021 10:56 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/8 "2021-03-25T10:56:56Z")
Seems to be fine for me here? Are you sure you are using the latest beta package? ![2021-03-25 10.56.01](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/867f6351815b853896ace97af46ee5ccd45d7d80.gif) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2021 11:22 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/9 "2021-03-25T11:22:55Z")
Yes, 24.5 but also tried with the latest 24.6 and same thing here. I’m on Windows 10 64-bit. ---
**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2021 11:27 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/10 "2021-03-25T11:27:10Z")
Would you expect to see a crash based on what I’m doing that gif, or have you concocted another more sinister way of doing it 😏 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2021 13:22 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/11 "2021-03-25T13:22:15Z")
Rory, haha, sinister, yes of course. I think this bug is still going to give you some headaches. 😂 I still can remember me debugging a parser that refused to understand reasonable language. 😧 In testing a bug of this type I usually take the way of the least resistance: put my finger on a key and let the repeat magic happen. You should try it. Really mind bending. 😁 However, paradoxically, if I type in what you typed nothing happens, Cabbage stays happy until… I backspace back to the beginning → boom. 😂 I’m sure you can come up with a number of combinations that work and don’t work. Is it important? For the moment I don’t think so unless you have a key stuck on your keyboard. 😉 But it still is a bug. ---
**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2021 14:36 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/12 "2021-03-25T14:36:51Z")
I just can’t recreate this. Are you on Windows or MacOS? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2021 14:43 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/13 "2021-03-25T14:43:19Z")
Windows 10 64-bit I can look if this works in Linux or macOS if you want. Just need some time for this. ---
**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\ **Post date:** [25 March 2021 14:47 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/14 "2021-03-25T14:47:02Z")
I just tried on MacOS and didn’t hit any issues. I will try on Windows and see if I can recreate the issue there. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/patrickb/32/2830_2.png) [@PatrickB](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/PatrickB)\ **Post date:** [7 April 2021 14:47 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/15 "2021-04-07T14:47:14Z")
Seems to be solved in latest v2.5.30. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![djalexx1](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/djalexx1/32/3233_2.png) [@djalexx1](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/djalexx1)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 15:33 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/16 "2021-04-21T15:33:53Z")
i found that sometimes when you are moving some buttons it does a duplicate script on that line and it get long , so i re- open de .csd file and go straight to the script and erase the duplicate script and start editing again with no problems, keep checking the scroll bar as soon i see its getting shorter i go and erase duplicates, that does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 15:37 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/17 "2021-04-21T15:37:55Z")
This is related to another issue. In fact, I have been working on it for the past few days also. It seems to be happen when you use the GUI editor, and try inserting some images. I’ve pushed through a fix for this just now. Let me know if it helps. ---
**Author:** ![djalexx1](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/djalexx1/32/3233_2.png) [@djalexx1](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/djalexx1)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 15:48 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/18 "2021-04-21T15:48:06Z")
yes, when i add images its when it happened to me, question, when you do this bug fixes, i have to go and download the latest version of cabbage?, its there where the fix is?, thanx. ---
**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\ **Post date:** [21 April 2021 15:53 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/defining-long-variable-names-crashing-cabbage/2393/19 "2021-04-21T15:53:55Z")
The latest versions are built daily. You can grab the installers from [here](https://dev.azure.com/rorywalsh/Cabbage/_build?view=runs). Just click on the latest run, wait for it to finish building, and then select the artefacts published link. That will bring up a drop link, click on that and grab the installers 👍 Some times there are several build on the go at the same time. You can usually see from the commit tag what was the latest change to be pushed.