NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

NAMTONOD

Built-in Functions

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NAMTONOD The NAMTONOD built-in function converts a system name to its corresponding

system number.

NAMTONOD(

system-name

)

system-name

specifies the alphanumeric name of the system.

Considerations

system-name

is not known, or if the system is inoperative, the number 255 is

returned.

system-name

must begin with a backslash (\). The name following the

backslash must begin with an alphabetic character and can be followed by up to

seven alphanumeric characters.

See also NODTONAM, which converts a system number to its corresponding

system name.

Examples

In the following example, the number 250 is returned:

&A = "\SYS1"

&RESULT = NAMTONOD(&A)

In the following example, the number 248 is returned:

SAY NAMTONOD("\SDI")

In the following example, the number 251 is returned:

SAY NAMTONOD('\TEST')

Notice that in the preceding examples we have avoided the interpretation of the

backslash as a logical NOT operator by enclosing the system name in quotes.