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 vector value. In Shogun Post, a vector is a fixed-size array of three double precision floating-point values used to store 3-dimensional data such as position and direction information.

Functional area

Data retrieval

Command syntax

Syntax

getGlobalVectorVar name

Arguments

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

Flags

None

Return value

vector

Returns the vector value stored in the specified global variable.

Examples

// Use the global myVar 
vector $localVar = <<1.0, 2.0, 3.0>>;
print($localVar);
if (`getGlobalVarExists myVar`)
{
   // Override local variable with global vector value 
   $localVar = `getGlobalFloatVar myVar`;
}
print($localVar);