Select()

Returns the work area number for a specified alias.

Syntax

      Select([<cAlias>]) --> nWorkArea

Arguments

<cAlias> is the target work area alias name.

Returns

Select() returns the work area number.

Description

This function returns the work area number for the specified alias name <cAlias>. If no parameter is specified, the current work area will be the return value of the function.

Examples

      USE tests NEW
      USE names NEW
      cOldArea := Select( "names" )
      SELECT test
      LIST
      SELECT cOldArea

Compliance

Clipper

Files

Library is rdd

Seealso

Alias(), Used()