System Debug Reference Manual (32650-90888)

Chapter 10 463
System Debug Standard Functions
func symconst
func symconst
Returns the value of a declared constant.
Syntax
symconst ( pathspec )
Formal Declaration
symconst:any ( pathspec :str)
Parameters
pathspec A path specification, as described in chapter 5, "Symbolic Formatting/
Symbolic Access."
Examples
$nmdebug > symopen gradtyp.demo
Opens the symbolic data type file gradtyp.demo. It is assumed that the Debug variable
addr contains the address of a StudentRecord data structure in virtual memory. The
following code fragment is from this file:
CONST MINGRADES = 1; MAXGRADES = 10;
MINSTUDENTS = 1; MAXSTUDENTS = 5;
TYPE
GradeRange = MINGRADES .. MAXGRADES;
GradesArray = ARRAY [ GradeRange ] OF integer;
Class = ( SENIOR, JUNIOR, SOPHOMORE, FRESHMAN );
NameStr = string[8];
StudentRecord = RECORD
Name : NameStr;
Id : Integer;
Year : Class;
NumGrades : GradeRange;
Grades : GradesArray;
END;
$nmdebug > wl "Max Number of students = " SYMCONST("MAXSTUDENTS")
Max Number of students = $5
Returns the value of the constant MaxStudents.
Limitations, Restrictions
none