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EVAL()
Evaluate a code block
Syntax
EVAL( <bBlock> [, <xVal> [,...]]) --> xExpression
Arguments
<bBlock> Code block expression to be evaluated
<xVal> Argument to be passed to the code block expression
<xVal…> Argument list to be passed to the code block expression
Returns
<xExpression> The result of the evaluated code block
Description
This function evaluates the code bloc expressed as <bBlock> and returns its evaluated value. If their are multiple expressions within the code block, the last expression will be value of this function.
If the code block requires parameters to be passed to it, they are specified in the parameter list <xVal> and following. Each parameter is separated by a comma within the expression list.
Examples
PROCEDURE Main()
LOCAL bBlock := {|| NIL }
? Eval( 1 )
? Eval( @bBlock )
? Eval( {| p1 | p1 }, "A", "B" )
? Eval( {| p1, p2 | p1 + p2 }, "A", "B" )
? Eval( {| p1, p2, p3 | p1 }, "A", "B" )
RETURN
Tests
See examples
Compliance
Clipper
Platforms
All
Files
Library is vm
Seealso
AEVAL(), DBEVAL()
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