Description

Queries whether a specified global variable exists in the Shogun Post session or not.

Shogun Post's scripting language supports global variables that are accessible across scripts within a session of Shogun Post. This command checks the current session of Shogun Post to determine if a global variable exists and has been set or not.

Functional area

System

Command syntax

Syntax

getGlobalVarExists name

Arguments

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

Flags

None

Return value

boolean

Returns whether the global variable exists or not (true if the variable exists, false otherwise).

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);
}