NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

ASSIGN
Verbs
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ASSIGN The ASSIGN verb manipulates multiple variables in a single operation.
There are four different syntax layouts for the ASSIGN verb:
Format 1 ASSIGN OPT=VALUE
Format 2 ASSIGN OPT={ MAPNAME | MAPELEMENTS |
MAPFIELDS | MDOELEMENTS |
MDOFIELDS | MDOCOUNTS }
Format 3 ASSIGN OPT={ SETERR | RESETERR |
SETMOD | RESETMOD
SETOUT | RESETOUT }
Format 4 ASSIGN OPT=MODFLD
A discussion of each of these formats follows.
Format 1 This format allows you to set data values in a list or range of variables from another
list or range, or from a data constant. This format is especially useful for manipulating
the contents of mapped data objects (MDOs).
ASSIGN [ OPT=VALUE ]
{ ARGS [ RANGE=( start , end ) ] |
MDO= variable-name [ MAP= map-name ] |
VARS={ output-vars-list | variable * }
[ RANGE=( start , end ) | BYNAME | GENERIC |
MERGE | OVERLAY ] }
[ DATA= rest-of-statement |
FROM
{ ARGS [ RANGE=( start , end ) ] |
MDO= variable-name |
VARS={ input-vars-list | variable * }
[ RANGE=( start , end ) | GENERIC ] } ]
OPT=VALUE
specifies that you want to change the contents of some supplied target variables.
The following operands are available:
ARGS
specifies a range of generated variables. See “Frequently Occurring Operands,” at
the beginning of this section, for more information.