GET Function

Retrieves the value of the specified item within an array. The returned value is the value of the array.

Category: Array
Returned data type: Integer

Syntax

<array name>.GET(n)

Required Arguments

array name

is the name of the array that you declared earlier in the process

Optional Arguments

n

is the index of the array element for which the content is retrieved. This can be specified as a numeric constant, field name, or expression

Details

The GET function returns the value of a particular element in the array.

Examples

Example 1

//Declare the string array "string_list" and Integer "i"

string array string_list

integer i

 

// Set the dimension of string_list array to 5 and initialize the counter (i) to 1

string_list.dim(5)

i=1

 

// Set and print each entry in the array, incrementing the counter by 1

while(i<=5)

begin

   string_list.set(i,"Hello")

   print(string_list.get(i))

   i=i+1

end

Example 2

string array string_list

integer i

 

// set the dimension

string_list.dim(5)

i=1

 

// set and print each entry in the array

while(i<=5)

begin

     string_list.set(i,"Hello")

     print(string_list.get(i))

     i=i+1

end

 

// resize the array to 10

string_list.dim(10)

while(i<=10)

begin

     string_list.set(i,"Goodbye")

     print(string_list.get(i))

     i=i+1

end