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*SetMacro
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*SetMacro
Use
This *Command assigns an expression to a system variable. The expression is evaluated each time the variable is used.
Syntax
*SetMacro var_name macro
Parameters
| var_name | Variable name, or a wildcarded specification for a single variable name |
| macro | String value to assign to specified system variable |
Notes
Unlike the *Set command, the macro value is not converted using OS_GSTrans before it is assigned. Instead, it is GSTrans’d each time the variable is read.
For a comprehensive list of expressions that can be used with this command see the Expression page.
See also
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