# TEXTEVAL System Variable [GstarCAD 2022](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/Index.md) → [System Variables](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/System%20Variables/(System%20Variables).md) → [T](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2022/System%20Variables/T/(T).md) **Function Description:** The TEXTEVAL system variable is used to control how to evaluate the text strings entered by TEXT or -TEXT. | | | | --- | --- | | Type | Integer | | Saved in | Not saved | | Initial value | 0 | | Range | 0,1 | **System Variable Value:** **0:** when prompting to enter text strings and attributes, all response are treated as literally. **1:** all text beginning with left bracket "(" or exclamation mark "!" will be treated as AutoLISP expressions, rather than non-text. By default, all texts entered by TEXT command are treated as literally regardless settings of TEXTEVAL except executing this command completely by scripts or AutoLISP expressions. Under command prompts, -TEXT command follows settings of TEXTEVAL. ## Other versions with matching text [GstarCAD 2016](../../../2016/System%20Variables/T/TEXTEVAL%20System%20Variable--552e8ba1b74c.md) · [GstarCAD 2017](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2017/System%20Variables/T/TEXTEVAL%20System%20Variable--552e8ba1b74c.md) · [GstarCAD 2018](../../../2018/System%20Variables/T/TEXTEVAL%20System%20Variable--552e8ba1b74c.md) · [GstarCAD 2019](../../../2019/System%20Variables/T/TEXTEVAL%20System%20Variable--552e8ba1b74c.md) · [GstarCAD 2020](../../../2020/System%20Variables/T/TEXTEVAL%20System%20Variable--552e8ba1b74c.md) · [GstarCAD 2021](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/System%20Variables/T/TEXTEVAL%20System%20Variable--552e8ba1b74c.md)