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$DATA

1990 Version of ANSI Standard

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2.2.7.3 $Data

$D[ATA] ( glvn )

See 2.2.2.2 for the definition of glvn.

This form returns a nonnegative integer which is a characterization of the glvn. The value of the integer is p+d, where:

d = 1 if the glvn has a defined value, i.e., the NAME-TABLE entry for the name of the glvn exists, and the subscript tuple of the glvn has a corresponding entry in the associated DATA-CELL; otherwise, d=0.
p = 10 if the variable has descendants; i.e., there exists at least one tuple in the glvn’s DATA-CELL which satisfies the following conditions:
  1. The degree of the tuple is greater than the degree of the glvn, and
  2. the first N arguments of the tuple are equal to the corresponding subscripts of the glvn where N is the number of subscripts in the glvn.
If no NAME-TABLE entry for the glvn exists, or no such tuple exists in the associated DATA-CELL, then p=0.
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