ARGUMENTS Declaration

Syntax

ARGUMENTS (argument1), argument2... argumentN

Description

The ARGUMENTS declaration passes values to functions within a user function.

Use the following guidelines to make user functions more powerful by giving them arguments:

• Enter an ARGUMENTS declaration at the beginning of the rule, followed by an opening parenthesis.

• Enter any dimension arguments next, separated by commas.

  A dimension argument always begins with a $, as in $Dim. Unlike the built-in functions, which never have more than one dimension argument, user functions can have multiple dimension arguments.

• Include any expression arguments next, separated by commas.

  An expression argument always begins with a @, as in @Expr. To give the argument a default value, follow it with := and any valid expression.

  Note:

  All optional arguments (that is, those with default values) must appear after all required arguments.

• Enter a closing parenthesis and a semicolon.

Example

ARGUMENTS($Dim, @ExprToLookup, @Condition, @Direction := 
#FORWARD);FORMEMBERS($Dim, @Direction,	
IF(@Condition, RETURN(@ExprToLookup)));RETURN(0)