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Collecting the values of an Array of attribute Names

Oliver

I know there is a way to collect all the attribute names of any given element into an array

!x1 = !!ce.attributes()

Is there a way other than looping through each attribute name to collect the value of each attribute ?




Thanks

  • please see below for a simple loop where values of each attribute is stored in !x2 variable

    !x1 = !!ce.attributes()
    !x2 = object array()

    do !strAttrib values !x1

    !varAttrib = $!strAttrib
    !x2.append(!varAttrib)
    !varAttrib.delete()
    --delete the !varAttrib variable to make way for the next type

    enddo

    but normally, i prefer ATTLIST as it will give all the attributes including UDA

    !x1 = !!ce.ATTLIST
    !x2 = object array()

    do !strAttrib values !x1

    !varAttrib = $!strAttrib
    handle any
    -- I don't know about this as some of the result of atttlist is truncated and it will give syntax error (example GRADE attribute of GENSEC will be GRAD)
    !varAttrib = 'ERROR IN EXTRACTING ATTRIBUTE'
    endhandle
    !x2.append(!varAttrib)
    !varAttrib.delete()
    --delete the !varAttrib variable to make way for the next type

    enddo

  • in reply to Cary

    Thanks for that. That is sort of what I have done

    I thought there might be a command similar to the one to get the attribute names !a = !item.attributes() for getting the values

    eg !b = !a.values() - doesn't exist