(Macro name delimiters)

< > (Macro name delimiters)

Welcome to our Knowledge Base

Documentation | Blog | Demos | Support

< All Topics
Print

< > (Macro name delimiters)

Marks the start and end of a macro name in an application program.

Syntax

<name>

Parameters

nameThe name to be assigned to a global macro, or a digit from 0 to 9 referring to one of the local macros belonging to the current macro program.

Comments

A macro is a dynamically declared name that represents a character string. When a macro call is encountered in an application program, the macro call is replaced by the current character value of the macro.

A macro acquires values in one of two ways: implicitly, when the software encounters a call to a previously unknown global macro or unassigned local macro, or explicitly, in a LET or INPUT statement or a call to a local macro.

Example

let <EntSet> = "ENTS"
let <Name> = "EntName"

Defines the global macro to represent the string ENT. Then the statement

list #<EntSet> format #<Name>

is interpreted as

list ENTs format EntName

See Also

Conventions

How To Construct Logic Expressions

How To Use Logic Expressions

Was this article helpful?
0 out of 5 stars
5 Stars 0%
4 Stars 0%
3 Stars 0%
2 Stars 0%
1 Stars 0%
5
How can we improve this article?
Please submit the reason for your vote so that we can improve the article.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

en_CAEnglish