Posted by kinshuk_mishra (kinshuk_mishra), 17 March 2003
Hi,
I have one query regarding TCL variables. I will explain the problem first.....
Problem:
Suppose I define some variable inside a procedure and assign value to it. For ex.
proc test {} {
set x 4
}
Can I access the variable "x" outside the procedure without using "return" command.
If yes then please let me know......
Posted by admin (Graham Ellis), 17 March 2003
You can use either the upvar or the global command.
Global lets you declare that a variable is the proc is the same as a variable in your main code, and upvar lets you share a variable in your proc with the code one level up (i.e. the code that runs the proc), giving you the opportunity to given the variable a different name in the process - woderful grounds for confusion here!
Here's a piece of code that has the variable called error as a global:
Code:#!/usr/bin/tcl
# procedure to return a factorial number
# ( e.g. factorial 4 is 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24)
proc factor input { global error if {$input < 1 || $input >15} { incr error return 0 } set k [set c 1] while {$c <= $input} { set k [expr $k * $c] incr c } return $k }
###############################################
# Procedure to prompt for and receive a reply
proc askuser {k} { global error puts -nonewline "$k " flush stdout set said [gets stdin] if {[regexp \[0-9\] $said]} {
return $said } else { incr error return 0 } }
###############################################
set error 0 puts "Factorial table generator" set k [askuser "Start at factorial what?"] if {$error} {puts "ouch (a)"} set topval [askuser "Up to factorial what?"] if {$error} {puts "ouch (b)"}
for {} {$k <= $topval} {incr k} { set fval [factor $k] if {$error} {puts "ouch (c)"} puts "factorial $k is $fval" } |
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and here's an example of upvar:
Code:#!/usr/bin/tcl
# procedure to return a factorial number
# ( e.g. factorial 4 is 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24)
proc factor input { upvar error problem if {$input < 1 || $input >15} { incr problem return 0 } set k [set c 1] while {$c <= $input} { set k [expr $k * $c] incr c } return $k }
###############################################
# Procedure to prompt for and receive a reply
proc askuser {k} { upvar error error puts -nonewline "$k " flush stdout set said [gets stdin] if {[regexp \[0-9\] $said]} { return $said } else { incr error return 0 } }
###############################################
set error 0 puts "Factorial table generator" set k [askuser "Start at factorial what?"] if {$error} {puts "ouch (a)"} set topval [askuser "Up to factorial what?"] if {$error} {puts "ouch (b)"}
for {} {$k <= $topval} {incr k} { set fval [factor $k] if {$error} {puts "ouch (c)"} puts "factorial $k is $fval" }
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Posted by kinshuk_mishra (kinshuk_mishra), 18 March 2003
Hi Ellis,
Thanks a lot for the reply...really it helped me a lot....although I have come into a different problem now but the point which I had asked is clear....
Thanks a lot once again....
Kinshuk
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