Agenda - Advanced

Logical Name Table Search Order

Tips, tricks and kinks

F$TYPE()

Tips, tricks and kinks

F$PARSE()

Tips, tricks and kinks

Loops using F$CONTEXT(), F$PID()

Select processes by name, node, etc.

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In the advanced section, we’ll discuss Logical Name Table Search order and how to change it, using ampersand’s (&) special characteristics to your advantage – assign the entire content of a string to a logical name, preserving case and spacing.

We’ll talk about F$TYPE() and some good ways to use it.

We’ll talk about using F$PARSE() to validate and navigate paths.

We’ll talk some more about using F$CONTEXT() and F$PID().