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.
Calling Sequence
Result = GET_SYMBOL(
Name
)
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.
