TACL Reference Manual

Summary of Commands and Built-In Functions
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Processing Text in Variables
Table 7-12 summarizes the built-in functions and variables that manipulate text in
variables.
VINSERT Inserts lines from current TACL IN file at a specified line
position
VLIST Lists a range of lines in a variable
VMOVE Deletes a range of lines from a variable, inserts them at a
specified line position in another variable
Table 7-12. Data Manipulation Built-In Functions and Variables (page1of3)
Function Description
#APPEND Appends additional lines to a variable level
#APPENDV Appends the contents of one variable level to the end of
another variable level
#ARGUMENT Parses arguments to routines
#CHARACTERRULES
(variable)
Holds name of current character-processing rules file
#CHARADDR Converts line address to character address
#CHARBREAK Inserts line break in variable at character address
#CHARCOUNT Obtains number of characters in variable
#CHARDEL Deletes characters from variable at character address
#CHARFIND Locates text in variable, searching forward from character
address
#CHARFINDR Locates text in variable, searching backward from
character address
#CHARFINDRV Locates string in variable, searching backward from
character address
#CHARFINDV Locates string in variable, searching forward from
character address
#CHARGET Obtains copy of specified number of characters from a
variable
#CHARGETV Copies specified number of characters from one variable
to another
#CHARINS Inserts text into a variable at character address
#CHARINSV Inserts string into a variable at character address
#COMPAREV Compares one variable with another
#COMPUTE Returns value of expression
#COMPUTEJULIANDAYNO Converts Gregorian calendar date to a Julian day number
Table 7-11. Data Manipulation Commands (page 2 of 2)
Command Description