Function IndexRange(indexName)

IndexRange

The function IndexRange returns the range of an index as an element in AllIdentifiers.

IndexRange(
     indexName       ! (input) scalar element parameter
     )

Arguments

indexName

An element expression in the predefined set AllIdentifiers specifying the index for which the range should be returned.

Return Value

This function returns the range of index indexName as an element in AllIdentifiers. If indexName is not an index or if it does not have a range the empty element is returned.

Example

With the declarations

Set MasterSet {
    Index      :  a;
}
Index b {
    Range      :  MasterSet;
}
Index c;

The output of the statements

put "IndexRange( 'a' ) = \"", IndexRange( 'a' ):10, "\"", / ;
put "IndexRange( 'b' ) = \"", IndexRange( 'b' ):10, "\"", / ;
put "IndexRange( 'c' ) = \"", IndexRange( 'c' ):10, "\"", / ;

is:

IndexRange( 'a' ) = "MasterSet "
IndexRange( 'b' ) = "MasterSet "
IndexRange( 'c' ) = "          "

See also