Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

GET_LIST_ELEMENT_VALUE built-in
Description
Returns the value associated with the specified list item element.
Syntax
FUNCTION GET_LIST_ELEMENT_VALUE
(list_id ITEM,
list_index NUMBER);
FUNCTION GET_LIST_ELEMENT_VALUE
(list_name VARCHAR2,
list_index NUMBER);
Built-in Type unrestricted function
Returns VARCHAR2
Enter Query Mode yes
Parameters
list_id Specifies the unique ID that Form Builder assigns when it creates the list
item. Use the FIND_ITEM built-in to return the ID to an appropriately
typed variable. The data type of the ID is ITEM.
list_name The name you gave to the list item when you created it. The data type of
the name is VARCHAR2.
list_index Specifies the list index value. The list index is 1 based. It will return a
string containing the value of the requested element. If the index is greater
than the count of elements in the list, GET_LIST_ELEMENT_VALUE
will fail.
GET_LIST_ELEMENT_VALUE examples
/*
** Built-in: GET_LIST_ELEMENT_VALUE
** Example: See GET_LIST_ELEMENT_COUNT
*/
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