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Descendant

Introduced in the 1977 ANSI M[UMPS] language standard.

A variable has a name and optionally subscripts.

When two variables have the same name, and one has more subscripts than the other, while all subscipts that the one with lesser subscripts has occur in the other variable with the same variable, then the variable with more subscripts is called a descendant of the variable with less subscripts.

For example, assume that the following elements of Y are defined:

Y(0)=0
Y(1)=1
Y(1,2)=2
Y(1,2,3)=123

Then Y(1,2,3) is a descendant of Y, of Y(1) and of Y(1,2), but not of Y(0) and Y(1,2) is a descendant of Y and Y(1).

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