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Re: How to see if variable is defined? [message #3357]

Sat, 21 January 1995 10:22

ps
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Ralph Finch (rfinch@water.ca.gov) wrote:
: Is there a nice way of checking if a variable is defined?

: I have a widget_control command which removes a menu, and I need to
: see if the menu is defined before destroying it.
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examine size(var). if s(s(0)+1) equal zero, var is undefined.
Or try the function keyword_set. But it has some problems if the
variable to be examined is zero.

Peter

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