IB Statements/GetFormat
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GetFormat
Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$
Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT.
Example:
Length 10 & local a$,b$ MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$ GetFormat MyFormat MyString$
Following the GetFormat, a$ would contain the first 10 bytes of MyString$ and b$ would contain the next 10 bytes.
See also SetFormat
This statement was introduced with Comet32.
SetFormat
Syntax: SetFormat format-statement-label string$
Discussion: The SetFormat statement loads the contents of a string with the variables in a FORMAT.
Example:
Length 10 & local a$,b$ MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$ SetFormat MyFormat MyString$
Following the SetFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.
See also GetFormat
This statement was introduced with Comet32.
