def METHOD_NAME():
    var = sc.scalar(sc.array(dims=['x'], values=np.array(['abc', 'def'])))
    arr = var.value.values
    var.value = sc.array(dims=['x'], values=np.array(['ghi', 'jkl']))
    import gc
    gc.collect()
    np.testing.assert_array_equal(arr, ['abc', 'def'])