Can a Jinja variable's scope extend beyond in an inner block?

Question

I have the following Jinja template:

{% set mybool = False %}
{% for thing in things %}
    

        

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Answer 1

Answer to a related question: I wanted to have a global counter of the number of times I entered a certain if-block in the template, and ended up with the below.

At the top of the template:

{% set counter = ['1'] %}

In the if-block I want to count:

{% if counter.append('1') %}{% endif %}

When displaying the count:

{{ counter|length }}

The string '1' can be replaced with any string or digit, I believe. It is still a hack, but not a very large one.