Using Caché ObjectScript - InterSystems Documentation

8.2.3 Procedure Variables ........................................................................................................ 80
8.2.4 Public and Private Procedures ....................................................................................... 82
8.2.5 Procedure Parameters ..................................................................................................... 82
8.2.6 Procedure Code ............................................................................................................. 84
8.2.7 Indirection, Xecute Commands, and the Job Commands within Procedures ................ 85
8.2.8 Error Traps within Procedures ...................................................................................... 86
8.3 Legacy User-Defined Code ...................................................................................................... 86
8.3.1 Subroutines ..................................................................................................................... 86
8.3.2 Functions ....................................................................................................................... 88
9 ObjectScript Macros and the Macro Preprocessor ....................................................................... 93
9.1 Using Macros ........................................................................................................................... 93
9.1.1 Creating Custom Macros ............................................................................................... 94
9.1.2 Saving Custom Macros .................................................................................................. 95
9.1.3 Invoking Macros ............................................................................................................. 96
9.1.4 Referring to External Macros (Include Files) ................................................................ 96
9.2 Preprocessor Directives Reference ........................................................................................... 96
9.2.1 #; ..................................................................................................................................... 97
9.2.2 #Def1Arg ........................................................................................................................ 97
9.2.3 #Define ........................................................................................................................... 98
9.2.4 #Dim ............................................................................................................................... 99
9.2.5 #Else ............................................................................................................................... 99
9.2.6 #ElseIf .......................................................................................................................... 100
9.2.7 #EndIf ........................................................................................................................... 100
9.2.8 #Execute ....................................................................................................................... 100
9.2.9 #If ................................................................................................................................. 101
9.2.10 #IfDef ......................................................................................................................... 101
9.2.11 #IfNDef ...................................................................................................................... 102
9.2.12 #Import ....................................................................................................................... 102
9.2.13 #Include ...................................................................................................................... 103
9.2.14 #NoShow .................................................................................................................... 103
9.2.15 #Show ......................................................................................................................... 103
9.2.16 #SQLCompile Mode .................................................................................................. 104
9.2.17 #SQLCompile Path .................................................................................................... 104
9.2.18 #SQLCompile Select .................................................................................................. 105
9.2.19 #UnDef ....................................................................................................................... 106
9.2.20 ##; ............................................................................................................................... 107
9.2.21 ##Continue ................................................................................................................. 107
9.2.22 ##Expression .............................................................................................................. 108
9.2.23 ##Function ................................................................................................................. 109
9.2.24 ##lit ............................................................................................................................ 110
9.2.25 ##SQL ........................................................................................................................ 110
9.2.26 ##Unique .................................................................................................................... 110
9.3 Using System-supplied Macros .............................................................................................. 111
9.3.1 Making System-supplied Macros Accessible .............................................................. 111
9.3.2 System-supplied Macro Reference .............................................................................. 111
10 Multidimensional Arrays ............................................................................................................. 115
10.1 What Multidimensional Arrays Are ..................................................................................... 115
10.1.1 Multidimensional Tree Structures .............................................................................. 115
10.1.2 Sparse Multidimensional Storage .............................................................................. 116
10.1.3 Settings for Multidimensional Arrays ........................................................................ 116
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