MEMVARBLOCK()

Returns a codeblock that sets/gets a value of memvar variable

Syntax

MEMVARBLOCK( <cMemvarName> ) --> <bBlock>

Arguments

<cMemvarName> - a string that contains the name of variable

Returns

<bBlock> a codeblock that sets/get the value of variable

Description

This function returns a codeblock that sets/gets the value of PRIVATE or PUBLIC variable. When this codeblock is evaluated without any parameters passed then it returns the current value of given variable. If the second parameter is passed for the codeblock evaluation then its value is used to set the new value of given variable - the passed value is also returned as a value of the codeblock evaluation.

      PROCEDURE MAIN()
      LOCAL cbSetGet
      PUBLIC xPublic

      cbSetGet = MEMVARBLOCK( "xPublic" )
      EVAL( cbSetGet, "new value" )
      ? "Value of xPublic variable", EVAL( cbSetGet )

      RETURN

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is Ca-Clipper compatible

Files

Library is rtl

See Also

• __MVGET()
• __MVPUT()