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&errout — standard error output
&input — standard input
&output — standard output
chdir — change directory
close — close file
digitcnt — count the number of digits in a file.
flush — flush output
open — open file
read — read line
reads — read string
remove — remove file
rename — rename file
seek — seek to position in file
stop — stop execution
where — produce position in file
write — write line
writes — write string

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character sets
co-expressions
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file processing
generators
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keywords
lists, sets and tables
math
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output formatting
pattern matching
prefix operations
records
strings
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SNOBOL4 functions
name
 
produce name
 
Description

s name(v)
name(v) produces the name of the variable v. If v is an identifier or a keyword that is a variable, the name of the identifier or keyword is produced. If v is a record field reference, the record type and field name are produced with a separating period. If v is a string, the name of the string and the subscript range are shown. If v is a subscripted list or table, the type name followed by the subscripting expression is produced.
 
Parameters
v
a variable
returns
the name of v as a string
 
Errors
111 v is not a variable
 
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