SELECT()

Returns the work area number for a specified alias.

Syntax

SELECT([<cAlias>]) --> nWorkArea

Arguments

<cAlias> is the target work area alias name.

Returns

SELECT() returns the work area number.

Description

This function returns the work area number for the specified alias name <cAlias>.If no parameter is specified,the current work area will be the return value of the function.

      USE TESTS NEW
      USE NAMES NEW
      cOldArea:=SELECT("NAMES")
      select TEST
      LIST
      SELECT cOldArea

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is Ca-Clipper compliant

Files

Library is rdd

See Also

• ALIAS()
• USED()