Introduced in the 1977 ANSI M[UMPS] language standard.
XECUTE X
The definition of the XECUTE command states that the
command XECUTE X is equivalent to the command
DO UNIQUENAME where the routine would contain a
subroutine like:
UNIQUENAME ;
<value of x>
QUIT
This equivalence will make it easier to understand what happens
in the following examples.
SET X="WRITE ABC"
XECUTE X
The value of local variable ABC will be written.
SET X="SET X=1 QUIT:A SET X=3"
XECUTE X
The QUIT command terminates the subroutine inside the
eXECUTEd string, and does not terminate the subroutine from which
the string is XECUTEd.
SET X="SET X=1 GOTO PQR SET X=3"
XECUTE X WRITE "Back here"
The GOTO command transfers command to label PQR.
When a QUIT command is executed following that label, that
QUIT command would return control to the statement
following the XECUTE command, and the text "Back
here" will be printed.
SET FIRST="SET X=3 "
SET SECOND=" SET A=2 "
SET THIRD="SET Q=999 "
IF SPECIAL SET THIRD=" SET P=888 "
XECUTE FIRST_SECOND_THIRD
There may be spaces at the end of a line of executeable code
Examples with naked references:
XECUTE VALUE
SET ^ABC(1,2)="reset naked indicator"
; Naked indicator is now ^ABC(1,
XECUTE ^(3,4)
; Naked indicator is now: ^ABC(1,3,
; Actual reference is: ^ABC(1,3,4)
This document is © Ed de Moel, 1995-2005.
It is part of a book by Ed de Moel that is published under
the title "M[UMPS] by Example" (ISBN 0-918118-42-5).
Printed copies of the book are no longer available.
This document describes the various commands that are defined in the M[UMPS] language standard (ANSI X11.1, ISO 11756).
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