getformulatext
TEMPLATE
,
FORMULA

The getformulatext statement converts a formula into text without special quote characters.


Parameters

This statement has two parameters:

template – Name of field or variable to store text of formula.

formula – Formula.


Description

Many statements require a formula as text, which usually requires using special quote characters like “ ” or { }. This can get confusing. The getformulatext statement allows you to convert a formula into text without special quote characters.

This procedure will display "2+2"

local myFormula
getformulatext myFormula,2+2
message myFormula

See Also


History

VersionStatusNotes
10.0No ChangeCarried over from Panorama 6.0.