You can use the v helper macro to get values from your IEx history. iex(1)> a = 1 1 iex(2)> b = 2 2 iex(3)> a + b 3 iex(4)> v(-1) # Retrives expression values relative to the current one 3 iex(5)> v(2) # Retrieves expression values using an absolute index 2