TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables
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#GETSCAN Built-In Function
#GETSCAN Built-In Function
Use #GETSCAN to obtain the number of characters that #ARGUMENT has processed.
Result
#GETSCAN returns the number of characters that #ARGUMENT has passed over, not
including the routine name and the first character after the name.
Consideration
To determine whether there are more arguments in an argument set, use the #MORE
built-in function. To specify a starting position at which the next #ARGUMENT function
is to resume processing arguments, use the #SETSCAN built-in function.
#GETSCAN