SNOBOL4KEY(1) CSNOBOL4 Manual SNOBOL4KEY(1)NAMEsnobol4key - SNOBOL4 keywords
DESCRIPTION
&ABEND
Unprotected, INTEGER: Setting to a non-zero value causes a call to
abort(3) (causes a core dump) instead of “exit” when snobol4(1)
finishes program execution. A relic of when “ABEND” meant program
memory would be dumped on the line printer on “abnormal ending” of
a batch job! Standard.
&ABORT
Protected, PATTERN: Initial value of ABORT variable. Standard.
&ALPHABET
Protected, STRING: Native character set (always 255 characters
long). Standard.
&ANCHOR
Unprotected, INTEGER: When set to a non-zero value, pattern
matching is done in “anchored mode” (pattern matches will not be
retried skipping successive numbers of leading subject characters),
and patterns must match the initial part of the subject. NOTE!
Anchored matching is faster, but portable code should not depend on
(or modify) the value of &ANCHOR!! Individual patterns can be
anchored using POS(0), and use of BREAKX() avoids repeated match
failures that occur in non-anchored scanning. Standard.
&ARB
Protected, PATTERN: Initial value of ARB variable. Standard.
&BAL
Protected, PATTERN: Initial value of BAL pattern variable.
Standard.
&CASE
Unprotected, INTEGER: Zero disables case folding in a running
program, non-zero value reenables. See snobol4(1) and -CASE in
snobol4ctrl(1). Extension from SPITBOL, added in CSNOBOL4 version
0.91
&CODE
Unprotected, INTEGER: Controls the status code when snobol4(1)
exits - defaults to zero. Standard.
&COMPNO
Protected, INTEGER: Number of compiled statements. Extension from
SNOBOL4B, SITBOL, added in CSNOBOL4 version 2.0
&DIGITS
Protected, STRING: Digits “0123456789”. Extension from Icon!,
added in CSNOBOL4 version 1.5
&DUMP
Unprotected, INTEGER: If non-zero dump variables (to stderr) on
termination. Standard.
&ERRLIMIT
Unprotected, INTEGER: Number of (otherwise fatal) errors to
allow/trap. Standard.
&ERRTEXT
Protected, STRING: Contains description of last error after a
statement with an error has been handled due to a non-zero value in
&ERRLIMIT, see snobol4err(1). SPITBOL Extension, added in CSNOBOL4
0.98.2.
&ERRTYPE
Protected, INTEGER: Contains last error code after a statement with
an error has been handled due to a non-zero value in &ERRLIMIT, see
snobol4err(1). Standard.
&FAIL
Protected: Initial value of FAIL pattern variable. Standard.
&FENCE
Protected, PATTERN: Initial value of FENCE pattern variable.
Standard.
&FILE
Protected, STRING: Name of source file. Extension from SPITBOL?,
added in CSNOBOL4 version 0.98.2.
&FILL
Unprotected, STRING: Extension from BLOCKS, added in CSNOBOL4
version 2.0.
&FNCLEVEL
Protected, INTEGER: Depth of function call stack. Standard.
&FTRACE
Unprotected, INTEGER: Non-zero to enable function call tracing.
Decremented after each trace event. Standard.
&FULLSCAN
Unprotected, INTEGER: Non-zero to enable “fullscan” heuristic.
Standard.
&GCTIME
Protected, REAL: Milliseconds of execution time spent in the
garbage collector. CSNOBOL4 Extension, added in version 1.5.
>RACE
Unprotected, INTEGER: If set to a non-zero value, each time a
garbage collection is run, a trace message is output indicating the
source file and line number of the current statement, how long the
GC took, and how many units of storage are now free. If positive,
the value of >RACE will be decremented after it is tested.
CSNOBOL4 Extension, added in version 1.1.
&INPUT
Unprotected, INTEGER: If zero, disables checking for input
associations for variables. Standard.
&LASTFILE
Protected, STRING: Source file name for last statement executed;
useful in TRACE() and SETEXIT() handlers. Extension from SPITBOL,
added in CSNOBOL4 version 0.98.2.
&LASTLINE
Protected, INTEGER: Source file line number for last statement
executed; useful in TRACE() and SETEXIT() handlers. Extension from
SPITBOL, added in CSNOBOL4 version 0.98.2.
&LASTNO
Protected, INTEGER: Statement number for last statement executed;
useful in TRACE() and SETEXIT() handlers. Standard.
&LCASE
Protected, STRING: Lower case (english) letters, in alphabetical
order. Extension from SPITBOL, added in CSNOBOL4 version 0.91
&LINE
Protected, INTEGER: Extension from SPITBOL, added in CSNOBOL4
version 0.98.2.
&MAXINT
Protected, INTEGER: The largest positive integer value that can be
represented by the INTEGER data type. CSNOBOL4 Extension added in
version 1.5.
&MAXLNGTH
Unprotected, INTEGER: Standard (unlimited since CSNOBOL4 version
0.99.44).
&OUTPUT
Unprotected: If zero, disables checking for output associations for
variables. Standard.
&PARM
Protected, STRING: The entire command line. Use of the SPITBOL
compatible HOST() function is preferable, as it makes it possible
to tell if a positional parameter containing spaces was passed in
using shell quote characters. SNOBOL4+ Extension, added in
CSNOBOL4 version 0.98.3.
&PI Protected, REAL: The transcendental number π. CSNOBOL4 Extension,
added in version 1.5.
&REM
Protected, PATTERN: Initial value of REM variable. Standard.
&RTNTYPE
Protected, STRING: One of RETURN, FRETURN, NRETURN. Standard.
&STCOUNT
Protected, INTEGER: Count of the number of statements executed
(extension: not incremented when &STLIMIT is less than zero).
Standard.
&STEXEC
Protected, INTEGER: Count of the number of statements executed
(regardless of the value of &STLIMIT). CSNOBOL4 Extension, added
in version 1.5.
&STFCOUNT
Protected, INTEGER: Count of the number of statements executed that
failed. Standard.
&STLIMIT
Unprotected: Number of (remaining) statements to be executed.
CSNOBOL4 implements the XXX extension that values less than zero
remove the statement limit. When less than zero, &STCOUNT is not
incremented. Standard, Defaults to -1 since CSNOBOL4 version 0.98.
&STNO
Protected, INTEGER: Current statement number. Standard.
&SUCCEED
Protected, PATTERN: Initial value of SUCCEED variable. Standard.
&TRACE
Unprotected, INTEGER: Positive values enable TRACE functionality
(other than FUNCTION trace). Decremented after each TRACE event.
Standard.
&TRIM
Unprotected, INTEGER: If non-zero, trailing spaces are removed from
input from files. A relic of fixed record length (eg; card reader)
input. Standard, disabled by default since CSNOBOL4 version 0.91.
&UCASE
Protected, STRING: Upper case (english) letters, in alphabetical
order. Extension from SPITBOL, added in CSNOBOL4 version 0.91.
BUGS
Need to research origins SPITBOL extensions.
Note which keywords can be traced (and whether this is an extension).
SEE ALSOsnobol4(1), snobol4ctrl(1), snobol4ext(1).
CSNOBOL4B 2.0 January 1, 2015 SNOBOL4KEY(1)
