# Variables from questions

By creating questions, answer variables are created by default, using the title of the question automatically. It's a good idea to rename the auto-generated answer values to something that's a better reference. For example, a question with a title "What is your name?" will auto-generate an answer variable name of `what_is_your_name`, which is overly verbose. Something like `user_first_name` is much clearer.

### Viewing answers collected in questions

In the **Variables -> From questions** list you will see the answers that result directly from questions presented to the user. When an answer is selected, you will see a link to the relevant question in the content editor.

### Providing the same answer with two different questions

Sometimes, you will want to collect the same answer by asking two different questions, like when you want to ask for a user's email in two different paths in a flow.

To do so:

1. Create the first question
2. Set its **Answer variable name** to your desired value
3. Create the second question
4. Set its **Answer variable name** to the same one as for the first question
5. You will be prompted with a message: *This variable name is already in use.* Choose **Re-attach to existing variable** to re-use the existing question's variable.

Note that you will only be able to re-use answer variables with compatible answer types, such as using a `string` variable with `text` questions. If you are trying to add multiple select questions that all set the same answer variable, please ensure that they have the same set of choice values.

{% hint style="info" %}
An easy way to provide the same answer with two different questions is to use copy + paste. While pasting you will be provided with an opportunity to determine how the questions map to the answers in your flow, and you can choose **Map to an existing variable.**
{% endhint %}