Garfield 
 Help 
 Call 
 INQUIRE_MEMBER 
 Search 
 Index 
 Full text 
 Contents 

Call: INQUIRE_MEMBER

file

The name of the file in which the member is to be searched for.

This parameter should be a String or an expression that evaluates to a character string.

[This argument is mandatory, no default is supplied.]

member

The name of the member to be searched for.

This parameter can be a wildcard, for instance `*` would search for the first occurrence of a member of the given type. If this argument is modifiable, it will be overwritten by the member type found.

This argument should be a String or an expression that evaluates to a character string. Member names have a length of 8 at most.

[This argument is mandatory, no default is supplied.]

type

The type of the member to be searched for.

This argument can not be a wildcard.

The argument should be a String of up to 8 characters, and may also be an expression that evaluates to such a string.

[This argument is mandatory, no default is supplied.]

exists

Is set, on return, to a Logical which tells whether the member exists or not.

This argument should be modifiable, any object associated with it at the time the call is made, will be deleted. The value of the variable on input, if any, is not used.

[This is a mandatory argument.]

remark

This argument is set to the remark String that was given to the member when it was created.

This argument should be modifiable, any object associated with it at the time the call is made, will be deleted.

[This is an optional argument.]

date

This argument is set to the date on which the member was created. The date is returned as a String in the "dd/mm/yy" format.

This argument should be modifiable, any object associated with it at the time the call is made, will be deleted.

[This is an optional argument.]

time

This argument is set to the time when the member was created. The time is returned as a String in the "hh.mm.ss" format.

This argument should be modifiable, any object associated with it at the time the call is made, will be deleted.

[This is an optional argument.]

Go to the top level, to Call, to INQUIRE_MEMBER, to the topic index, to the table of contents, or to the full text.

Formatted on 21/01/18 at 16:55.