☜	$STACK M[UMPS] by Example					☞

Introduced in the 1995 ANSI M[UMPS] language standard.

This variable indicates the current execution stack depth (Do level).
The difference between $STack and $EStack is that $EStack may appear as an argument of the New command. Newing $EStack resets its value to 0 (zero), and can be useful to set up a layered error trapping mechanism.

The value of $STack is "absolute" since the start of the M[UMPS] process, whereas the value of $EStack is "relative" to the most recent "anchoring point".

For examples of the use of special variable $STack, see the function $STack.

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This page most recently updated on 13-Sep-2014, 08:19:23.

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