Description

Retrieves the value of a specified boolean 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 Boolean.

Functional area

Data retrieval

Command syntax

Syntax

getGlobalBooleanVar name

Arguments

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

Flags

None

Return value

boolean

Returns the Boolean value stored in the specified global variable. Can be true or false.

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Examples

Script A
// Set the special process flag to be used by other scripts
setGlobalVar useSpecialProcess false;
...
Script B
// Check to make sure the special processing flag exists
if (`getGlobalVarExists useSpecialProcess`)
{ 
  // If it exists, use its value to determine what to do 
  if (`getGlobalBooleanVar useSpecialProcess`)
  { 
    print("Using special process"); 
  } 
  else 
  { 
    print("Not using special process"); 
  }
}
else
{ print("Global variable useSpecialProcess not found");

}

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