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What I want to do: I want to assign a variable with the value of another variable, however if something is filled out in an input box this value should used.

Default values are assigned here (and always correct):

{% assign city = company.city | remove:"1" | remove:"2" | remove:"3" | remove:"4" | remove:"5" | remove:"6" | remove:"7" | remove:"8" | remove:"9" | remove:"0" | remove:"bus" | remove:"Bus" | remove:"BUS" | strip %}
{% assign end_by = period.year_end_date | date:"%d/%m/%Y" %}

Defaults are overloaded using assign and default:

{% assign document_city = custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_city | default: city %}
{% assign document_date = custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_date | default: end_by %}

Input look like this (note that the defaults are -as expected- visible as placeholder):

{% input custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_city as:text placeholder:city %}
{% input custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_date as:date required:true format:'%d/%m/%Y' placeholder:end_by %}

Test code to see the result

{test-)
{% if custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_city != blank %}
  document_city "{{ custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_city }}" 
{% else %}
  city {{ city }}
{% endif %}
Result: {{ document_city }}

{% if custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_date != blank %}
  document_date "{{ custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_date }}" 
{% else %}
  end_by {{ end_by }}
{% endif %}
Result: {{ document_date }}
(-test)

When I look at the default view the output is correct:
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However in the export (or previewing, or rendering the preview as Excel) the values are empty.
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Even if the values are filled out in the inputs the result remains empty when not in preview.

Using an alternative to the default results in the same issue

{% assign document_city = city %}
{% if custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_city != blank %}
  {% assign document_city = custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_city %}
{% endif %}

{% assign document_date = end_by %}
{% if custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_date != blank %}
  {% assign document_date = custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_date %}
{% endif %}

How can this be resolved?

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Additional information: using capture results in the same inconsistency

{% capture local_city %}{{ custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_city | default: city }}{% endcapture %}
{% capture local_date %}{{ custom.statement_annual_accounts.document_date | default: end_by }}{% endcapture %}

(used local_city for document_city which was used in the original example above)

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Problem solved.

The problem was related to the {% ic %} block, variables declared in this block are not passed outside of this block and removed once rendered.