ArborX

<?show>

Longname: show string   Open the Documentation Legend
Released: 1.00 
Created: 1.00 
See also: tshow <?showifdef> <?showifnum>
showstrings (n/a)

Summary
 Displays strings of eveluated processes.
Example extract

Show the value of an xcounter

 <?show $x(99)>

Show the value of a variable.

 <?show $^variable>

Show the value of the attribute to a variable.

 <?show "^var"$^id#>

Add the value of the xcounter and the text into the top of text stream called stream.

 <?show -"stream"The value is $x(10)>

Evaluate and display the perl function variable.

 <?show $^[perl $name_value=~s/ä/a/g;]>

Syntax (1.00)
<?show>
<?show  [  `- | +´  (  `"´  destination:t `"´   )  [  `;´  `"´  source:t `"´   ]?   ]?  (  string:t  (  string:t  )+   ) >
- | +: A '-' or '+' character preceding a destination with append the resulting string to the start or end of the destination stream or varaible.
destination:t The destination stream (or variable if specified with a '^') to show the evaluated or direct stream into.
source:t If present this second string name immediately following the 'destination' and litteral ';' is the name of the source stream to copy into the destination stream.
string:t

The items and features that can be used inside a show string PI command is vast. This following list is representative of some of the more common uses.

x(0)  Xcounter display and manipulations. Normaly inserted into a stream through the menu [Text/Showstring]
$^name  Variable display and manipulation.
$^name#  Attribuite value display and manipulation.
$^!  Xpath expressions.
v0000  Getvar display and manipulation.
$^[name parm]  Function variable calls.
"*mini"  Mini script calls (before fuction variables where introduced).
$y"/this/ct"  Yank text with search 'up to'.
[?command]  A 3B2 PI
$60#?show $62#  A 2nd/3rd... nested showstring.
[$$]\\raster(50%,p)==":1::C:/myimage.jpg"[$$]  Inline and autoload raster graphics.
?+^(^varA),^(^varB)  Expressions
For more information on showstrings and syntax please see Showstrings Reference chapter and the User Reference manual.

Document created on 05-Nov-2004 (revision 1)