Language Reference

NAME Function

NAME (arguments);

The NAME function returns the names of the arguments in a column vector. The arguments parameter specifies the names of existing matrices.

In the following example, N is a $2 \times 1$ character matrix that contains the character values 'Seq' and 'Const': 

Seq = 1:3;
Const = -1;
N = name(Seq, Const);
do i = 1 to nrow(N);
   msg = "Values of Matrix " + N[i];
   x = value(N[i]);
   print x[label=msg];
end;

Figure 24.227: Matrix Names

Values of Matrix Seq
1 2 3

Values of Matrix
Const
-1 




            

            


            
A primary use of the NAME function is in writing macros in which you want to use an argument for both its name and its value.