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This functionality is obsolete. It should not be used in new IDL code.

GET_SYMBOL

This routine is obsolete and should not be used in new IDL code.

The GET_SYMBOL function returns the value of a VMS DCL (Digital Command Language) interpreter symbol as a scalar string. If the symbol is undefined, the null string is returned.


Note
This procedure is available on VMS only.

Syntax

Result = GET_SYMBOL( Name [, TYPE={1 | 2}] )

Arguments

Name

A scalar string containing the name of the symbol to be translated.

Keywords

TYPE

The table from which Name is translated. Set TYPE to 1 to specify the local symbol table. A value of 2 specifies the global symbol table. The default is to search the local table.

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)