ALIAS() Return a specified work area alias ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syntax ALIAS([<nWorkArea>]) --> cAlias Arguments <nWorkArea> is any work area number. Returns ALIAS() returns the alias of the specified work area as a character string in uppercase. If <nWorkArea> is not specified, the alias of the current work area is returned. If there is no database file in USE for the specified work area, ALIAS() returns a null string (""). Description ALIAS() is a database function that determines the alias of a specified work area. An alias is the name assigned to a work area when a database file is USEd. The actual name assigned is either the name of the database file, or a name explicitly assigned with the ALIAS clause of the USE command. ALIAS() is the inverse of the SELECT() function. ALIAS() returns the alias name given the work area number, and SELECT() returns the work area number given the alias name. . This example returns the name of the previously selected work area: USE File1 NEW ALIAS Test1 nOldArea := SELECT() USE File2 NEW ALIAS Test2 ? ALIAS( nOldArea ) // Returns Test1 Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also: SELECT SELECT() USE
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