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7.1.5.13 $MUMPS

$M[UMPS] ( expr )

Let s be the value of expr with eol appended.

1. If s matches the syntactic definition of a line, without any implementor ("Z") extensions, the function returns the number 0.
2. If s matches the syntactic definition of a line only because of syntactic extensions to the language available in the current implementation, the function either returns the number 0 or provides a return value as in case c.

3. If s does not match the syntactic definition of a line, the function returns a value of the form:

      L mumpsreturn

   mumpsreturn

   ::=

   intlit

   ;

   ecode

   ;

   [ noncommasemi ... ]

   noncommasemi

   ::=

   any of the characters in graphic except the comma character and the semicolon character

In each mumpsreturn, the ecode must be one that actually describes an erroneous condition in s. If no standard ecode describes an erroneous condition in s, an ecode of S0 shall be used. All non-positive values of intlit are reserved for future extensions to the standard.

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