RESOLVE_VAR

Use the RESOLVE_VAR script function to resolve a variable in text. The function can resolve any of the following variable types:

PromptSet variables
System variables
Script variables
VARA objects

Syntax

RESOLVE_VAR (Variable)

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Format
Variable	Name of the variable or VARA object to resolve.	script literal or script variable

Examples

An SQLI VARA object called VARA.SQLI_TEST returns version and build numbers via SQL. The following script resolves the VARA object in a string and assigns the result to a script variable.

:SET &txt# = RESOLVE_VAR("This is version {VARA.SQLI_TEST}")

:PRINT &txt#

The activation report shows:

2014-11-18 11:50:22 - U00020408 This is version 11.0.0+build.2751

The following example retrieves and resolves a variable. The value stored in VARA object VARA_RESOLVE (key 1, value 1) is the phrase this is the main key.

: SET &var# = {VARA_RESOLVE,key1,1}

: PRINT &var#

: SET &val# = RESOLVE_VAR(&var#)

: PRINT &val#

The activation report shows:

2014-11-18 17:50:32 - U00020408 {VARA_RESOLVE,key1,1}

2014-11-18 17:50:32 - U00020408 this is the main key