Function to get a variable value by name

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Hi Everybody,

Is there any function to get a variable value by its name?

Something like this:

color=“red”

IF GETVAL(“CLIENT-NUMBER”) EQ 0
WRITE ‘REQUIRED…’
END-IF

(…)[/color]

2

Do you mean the VAL function which can get the numeric value of an alpha field?

If you really wanted to just check for a null value, you could also check for a blank.

steve

3

No. I’m wondering if there’s a function that gets a variable name by a string parm and returns its value. Imagine you wanna make a generic validation subroutine that accesses previosly registered variables values by their names.

4

This is possible with the RUN statement, but it is unlikely that you’ll find the flexibility that you expect. Read the section called Dynamic Source Text Creation/Execution.

ps It is not necessary to post the same question in multiple threads.