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# appsxmlin

Purpose
Generate the extended filename for 'initialisations from' from a label.
Synopsis
`function appsxmlin(label:string):string`
Argument

label | entity label

Return value
An extended CSV filename
Example
The following lines of Mosel code

    declarations
      myStr: string
    end-declarations

    appsxmlimport("input")
    initialisations from appsxmlin("AnotherScalar")
      myStr as "[](AnotherScalar)"
    end-initialisations

read the value of the scalar from an input file of this form:

    <InputRecordList>
      <InputRecord>
        <MyScalarValue>7.5</MyScalarValue>
        <AnotherScalar>a string value</AnotherScalar>
      </InputRecord>
    </InputRecordList>

Further information
1. This function generates the extended file name to be used by initializations from for the specified label.
2. Data input from the resulting file needs to be preceeded by a call to appsxmlimport.
Related topics
appsxmlimport
Parent Topic Package functionality

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