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setscalarvalue

Purpose
This subroutine is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use subroutine findident of module mmreflect instead.
Update the value of a scalar variable
Synopsis
procedure xreflect~setscalarvalue( entityname:string, newvalue:xreflect~basicvalue )
Arguments
entityname 
The name of the public entity to set
newvalue 
The value to assign to the entity
Example
The following: 
public declarations
  myvar: string,
end-declarations
setscalarvalue('myvar',basicvalue('hello'))
writeln('myvar=',myvar)
produces this output: 
myvar=hello
Further information
1. If the specified entity name cannot be found, the model will terminate with a runtime error.
2. If the specified entity is not of a supported type, the model will terminate with a runtime error.
3. If the specified entity is not a scalar variable or constant, the model will terminate with a runtime error.
4. If the provided basicvalue contains a value of a different type from the specified entity, the model will terminate with a runtime error.
5. If the specified entity is a constant, the model will terminate with a runtime error unless the provided basicvalue contains the same value as the constant entity.
Related topics
gettype, getscalarvalue

Parent Topic Scalar Entities

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