TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables

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#SYSTEMNUMBER Built-In Function

Use #SYSTEMNUMBER to obtain the network node number of a system, given its

name.

\node-name

is the name of the system whose number is to be found.

Result

#SYSTEMNUMBER returns the number of the system if the system can be reached, -2

if all paths to the system are down, or -1 if the system is not defined.

Consideration

To obtain the name of a system, use the #SYSTEMNAME built-in function.

Example

These code tests for system availability and displays the system number if the system

is available:

?SECTION getnum MACRO

#PUSH num

#SET num [#SYSTEMNUMBER %1%]

[#CASE [num]

| -2 | #OUTPUT %1% is not available

| -1 | #OUTPUT %1% is not defined

|OTHERWISE| #OUTPUT %1% (system number [num]) is &

available

]

#SYSTEMNUMBER \node-name