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Set environment variables from within a bash shell

Is there a way to set environment variables from within a (bash) shell script?

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"file export_FOOBAR:

# set variable FOOBAR to ""hi""
FOOBAR=hi
export FOOBAR

at the prompt

yourhost:/~ > source export_FOOBAR"