---
title: "Answer"
description: "what every operation gives: the value, its population, and for every count which of the three positions it is in"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/answer
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Answer

what every operation gives: the value, its population, and for every count which of the three positions it is in

[figure: Answer is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | gateway |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `card` | [Card](/concepts/card) | yes |  |
| `refusal` | [Refusal](/concepts/refusal) | no |  |
| `task` | `id` | no | for a long step |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns Answer directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.