< > (Macro name delimiters)

< > (Macro name delimiters)

Marks the start and end of a macro name in an application program.

Syntax

<name>

Parameters

Comments

A macro is a dynamically declared name that represents a character string. When a macro call is encountered in an application program, the macro call is replaced by the current character value of the macro.

A macro acquires values in one of two ways: implicitly, when the software encounters a call to a previously unknown global macro or unassigned local macro, or explicitly, in a LET or INPUT statement or a call to a local macro.

Example

let = “ENT”

Defines the global macro to represent the string ENT. Then the statement

list #s format #Name

is interpreted as

list ENTs format ENTName

See Also

Conventions

How To Construct Logic Expressions

How To Use Logic Expressions