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<P><A NAME="exist"></A>
<font size="+3" color="green"><B>EXIST</B></font></P>
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<TD width="15%" valign="top"><B>Syntax</B>:</TD>
<TD width="85%"><CODE>
scalar = EXIST(string)</CODE>
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The <CODE>EXIST</CODE> function accepts one string
as its argument and returns a one (1) if the string is an existing variable
name, and zero (0) is it is not.</P>
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<font size="+1" color="green">Example</font></P>
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If you enter <CODE><font color="blue">X2=3</font></CODE>, the function
<CODE><font color="blue">EXIST('X2')</font></CODE> would have the value 1.</P>
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You can even enter: <CODE><font color="blue">N=2</font></CODE> and
<CODE><font color="blue">T='X'//RCHAR(N)</font></CODE> and the function
<CODE><font color="blue">EXIST(T)</font></CODE> would have the value 1.</P>
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