ALIAS()

Returns the alias name of a work area

Syntax

Alias([<nWorkArea>]) --> <cWorkArea>

Arguments

<nWorkArea> Number of a work area

Returns

<cWorkArea> Name of alias

Description

This function returns the alias of the work area indicated by <nWorkArea> If <nWorkArea> is not provided, the alias of the current work area is returned.

      FUNCTION Main()

      USE Test
      select 0
      qOut( IF(Alias()=="","No Name",Alias()))
      Test->(qOut(Alias())
      qOut(Alias(1))

      RETURN NIL

Status

Ready

Compliance

ALIAS() is fully CA-Clipper compliant.

Files

Library is rdd

See Also

• DBF()