## Macro: COMMON-LISP:DEFVAR [![package](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package-COMMON--LISP-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../) [![type](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-Macro-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../#macro) [![clhs](https://img.shields.io/badge/CLHS-DEFVAR-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/m_defpar.htm) > Define a special variable at top level. Declare the variable > SPECIAL and, optionally, initialize it. If the variable already has a > value, the old value is not clobbered. The third argument is an optional > documentation string for the variable. ### Lambda list ```cl (sb-debug:var &optional sb-impl::val sb-impl::doc) ```