NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer's Guide

The ASSIGN and DROP Verbs
Working With Mapping Services
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The following screen shows the results of executing the procedure:
(07:35) --------------------- OPERATOR CONTROL SERVICES ----------------------
START ZEX1015N
&VAR1 is One
&VAR2 is Two
&VAR3 is Three
&ABC1. ($MSG) is OneTwoThree
&ABC2. ($NCL) is . . . One . Two . Three
&ABC3. ($SEC) is OneTwoThree
&ABC4. ($SPI) is OneTwoThree
$NCL is the exception: display using map names
&ABC2.DATALIST.DATA{1} is One
&ABC2.DATALIST.DATA{2} is Two
&ABC2.DATALIST.DATA{3} is Three
NNM1005 START ZEX1015N PROCESSING COMPLETE. NCLID 001043
_____________________________________________________________________________
---------- ------------------ NonStop NET/MASTER D30 ---------------- --------
M=>
The screen shows that data from the ordinary variables, &VAR1, &VAR2, and &VAR3,
is concatenated into a single string when you transfer it to the MDO variables &ABC1.,
&ABC3., and &ABC4.. It also shows that the map $NCL is the exception: data
transferred to an MDO variable that uses the map $NCL is placed into separate fields,
not concatenated into a single string (this is the purpose of the map $NCL).
Transferring Data From an MDO Variable to Ordinary Variables
You can transfer data from an MDO variable to ordinary variables using the following
syntax of the ASSIGN verb:
ASSIGN [ OPT=VALUE ]
{ ARGS [ RANGE=( start , end ) ] |
VARS={ output-vars-list | variable * }
[ RANGE=( start , end ) |
BYNAME | GENERIC | MERGE | OVERLAY ] }
FROM
MDO= variable-name