table.EVAL Function

Syntax

Result as A = EVAL(expression as C)

Arguments

expressionCharacter: An Xbasic expression. The expression can reference fields in the table.

Returns

ResultAny Type: Returns the result of the evaluated expression.

Description

Evaluate an expression in the context of the table.

Discussion

The <TBL>.EVAL() method evaluates an expression in the context of a table.

Example

dim tbl as P
tbl = table.open("customer")
? tbl.eval("firstname+lastname")
= "Mederos             Michael            "

' trim the fields:
? tbl.eval("alltrim(firstname)+\" \"+alltrim(lastname)")
= "Mederos Michael"

Fields are not trimmed unless explicitly trimmed in the expression.