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 # getEquation

 Last update: 16.07.2025 

public [getEquation](get-equation.md)(): [String](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html)

if the variable is a custom variable, this function returns the equation used to compute the value for the variable. This equation may only be a single variable.

#### Return

the variable's equation

#### Throws

[ModelCenterException](../-model-center-exception/index.md)