Description

Retrieves the value of a specified string global variable.

Shogun Post's scripting language supports global variables that are accessible across scripts within a session of Shogun Post. This command retrieves the value of a specified global variable (identified by the name argument of the command) which stores a string value.

Functional area

Data retrieval

Command syntax

Syntax

getGlobalStringVar name

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Comments
`name`	string	yes	Name of the variable to retrieve

Flags

None

Return value

string

Examples

Script A
// Define a global variable 
setGlobalVar myVar "ShogunPost 1.6";
 
Script B
// Check to make sure global variable set in Script A still exists
if (`getGlobalVarExists myVar`)
{
   // Use it
   string $progName = `getGlobalStringVar myVar`; 
   print($progName);
}