varput#

Purpose#

Allows a matrix, array, string, or string array to be assigned to a global symbol whose name is given as a string argument.

y = varput(x, n)#

Parameters:

x (matrix or array or string or string array) – data which is to be assigned to the target variable.
n (string) – the name of the global symbol which will be the target variable

Returns:

y (scalar) – 1 if the operation is successful and 0 if the operation fails.

source = rndn(2, 2);
targname = "target";

if not varput(source, targname);
   print "Symbol table full";
   end;
endif;

x and n may be global or local. The variable, whose name is in n, that x is assigned to is always a global.

If the function fails, it will be because the global symbol table is full.

This function is useful for returning values generated in local variables within a procedure to the global symbol table.