Returning the short name of an object

nameof()

Return the short name of an object

SYNTAX

nameof(object_id)

Returns the short name of the object referred to by the identifier object_id - that is to say, the name without any qualifiers. This is of use if object_id is a pointer-type temporary field, or an argument in a call to a user-defined function. Otherwise the function simply returns the value of object_id, which is already known.

This function returns an alphanumeric type.

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NOTES

• The longname() function returns the full, qualified name of an object, including window, group and menu as appropriate.

• The operator ?= is available to determine if two objects being compared are the same object, which is useful when one of the objects is a pointer field or a function argument.

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EXAMPLE

1. The temp Alpha30 is set to the value “pr.price”

!temp Pointer,,p
!temp Alpha30,,a30

     tmp.Pointer = &pr.price
     tmp.Alpha30 = nameof(tmp.Pointer)

2. Store name of selected tab:

   !temp CurrentTab,,a100
   
   +window winTabContainer at 0, 35 {
        max_width = 320
        max_height = 355
        parent = wintask
        style = WS_TABCONTROL
        event = TabWinEvent
   }
   
   !function TabWinEvent(EventCode, Window, Tab) {
        if (EventCode = EV_SELECT_TAB) {
             CurrentTab = nameof(Tab)
           }
       }
       return
   }
   

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RELATED TOPICS

longname()

parent()

fromname()