AFILL()

Class

Array Processing

Purpose

Function to fill a defined section of an array with an expression

Syntax

AFILL(<array> , <exp> [,<expN1> [,<expN2>]])

See Also

AADD(), AAVERAGE(), ABROWSE(), ACHOICE(), ACOL(), ACOPY(), ADEL(), ADESC(), ADIR(), AELEMENT(), AFIELDS(), AINS(), ALEN(), AMAX(), AMIN(), APPEND FROM ARRAY, AROW(), ASCAN(), ASIZE(), ASORT(), ASTORE(), ASTRING(), ASUBSCRIPT(), ASUM(), COPY TO ARRAY, DECLARE, DIMENSION, GATHER, LOCAL, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, RELEASE, RESTORE FROM, SAVE TO, SCATTER

Description

The AFILL() function fills the elements of a previously declared <array> with the specified <exp>. The starting element I the array can be specified with <expN1> and the number of elements to fill with <expN2>. If <expN1> and <expN2> are not specified, all elements will be filled. The AFILL() function returns .T. if successful and .F. otherwise. All array elements can also be assigned a value using the = operator.

Example

declare matrix[100]
afill(matrix,"good",51,100)
? matrix[45]
.F.
? matrix[75]
good
? afill(matrix,"bad",1,50)
.T.
? matrix[45]
bad

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer