VARKON Version 1.15 1997-10-24

updp_mbs - Procedure

Update simple statement


Description

Updates a parameter in a statement defining a simple entity and reevaluates the statement or the active module.

Syntax

updp_mbs(id, parnum, parstr, mode)

REF	id;
INT	parnum;
STRING	parstr*132;
INT	mode;

Principal parameters

id	- Identity of entity whose deinition to update
parnum	- Relative position of parameter to update, first = 1
parstr	- New parameter as a string in MBS syntax

Optional parameters

mode	- Controls the amount of reevaluation, default = 0
	0 = Reevaluate the statement but if referenced, reevaluate entire module
	1 = Reevaluate the statement only
	2 = No reevaluation

Examples

If a statement originally was...

lin_free(#5, on(#2), intersect(#1, #3));

then a

updp_mbs(#5, 2, "vec(10,10)");

would change the statement into...

lin_free(#5, on(#2), vec(10,10));

Comments

Use updpp_mbs() (two p:s) to update a part() statement.