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FIELDGET()
Retrieve the value of a field using the ordinal position of the field in the
database structure
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Syntax
FIELDGET(<nField>) --> ValueField
Arguments
<nField> is the ordinal position of the field in the record
structure for the current work area.
Returns
FIELDGET() returns the value of the specified field. If <nField> does
not correspond to the position of any field in the current database
file, FIELDGET() returns NIL.
Description
FIELDGET() is a database function that retrieves the value of a field
using its position within the database file structure rather than its
field name. Within generic database service functions this allows,
among other things the retrieval of field values without use of the
macro operator.
Examples
. This example compares FIELDGET() to functionally equivalent
code that uses the macro operator to retrieve the value of a field:
LOCAL nField := 1, FName, FVal
USE Customer NEW
//
// Using macro operator
FName := FIELD( nField ) // Get field name
FVal := &FName // Get field value
// Using FIELDGET()
FVal := FIELDGET( nField ) // Get field value
Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also:
FIELDPUT()
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