%GetLocalItemValue function

Function

The function retrieves the value of the specified item of local variable of Record type.

Declaration

UNIVAL %GetLocalItemValue(
   HBJ in _localStrut, 
   INT in row, 
   INT in col
 )

or

Declaration

UNIVAL  %GetLocalItemValue(
   HBJ in _ident, 
   INT in row, 
   INT in col
 )

Parameters

_localStruct	Local variable of Record type.
row	Row index.
col	Column index.
_ident	Unique identifier of the structured local variable that is acquired by the attribute \HBJ.

Example

The function provides an alternative method for accessing items of a local variable using row and column index. In this case, a structure is understood as a value matrix.

The following assignments:

RECORD (SD.RecordDef) _record
 _record^Text := "description"
 TEXT _text
 _text := _record^Text
 _text :=  %GetLocalItemValue(_record\HBJ, 1, 1)

get the same values.

ESL extended functions
Function arguments - types