| ICONV | Index Level | IF |
| Syntax | |
| Category | BASIC |
| Type | Definition |
| Description | is a string expression which evaluates to an item-id, for use in all types of "read" and "write" statements. |
| Options | |
| See Also | RELEASE WRITEVU WRITE DELETE WRITEV MATREAD MATWRITE READV READ |
| Example |
read invoice.item from invoice.file,"12345" else...
In this example, the id.expression is "12345". input id read record from file,id else... In this example, the value entered into the variable "id" is used as the id.expression. read lastid from ctlfile,'lastid' then write item on datafile,lastid+1 write lastid+1 on ctlfile,'lastid' end Both the literal string 'lastid' and the arithmetic expression "lastid+1" are id.expressions. |
| Warnings | |
| Compatibility | D3 7.0 AP R83 |
| ICONV | Index Level | IF |