How to use input values for computation in an Observable doc?

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It’s hard to tell because the forum messed up the formatting a bit. In the future you can wrap code that has backticks in it it with a ~~~ before and after the code:

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like this
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I think that what you have now is

```js
const x = view(Inputs.range());
console.log("x", x);

const x2 = 2 * x;
```

Here is x: ${x}. Here is x2: ${x2}

Observable’s reactive updates only work between blocks. When one of the outputs of a block changes, any dependent blocks will re-run. Since x2 is defined in the same block as x, it isn’t re-computed when x changes.

Instead, you should use something like

```js
const x = view(Inputs.range());
```

```js
const x2 = 2 * x;
```

Here is x: ${x}. Here is x2: ${x2}

Because x2 is in a separate block than x, it will receive reactive updates.

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