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SymRef

 

 

 

 

Category

General-Purpose Functions

Description

Find the number of a given symbol, and/or allow dynamic external symbol usage

Syntax

SymRef(symbol)

Parameters

symbol - any formula returning a string or a number

Return Value

The current symbol number of the specified symbol, or 0 if not found

Notes

If the current symbol is MSFT, then $MSFT, Symbol, SymRef(Symbol), SymRef(?Symbol), and SymRef("MSFT") will each return the same number.

SymRef can also be used as the first argument to Extern, for cases where you need to dynamically refer to other symbols.

 

 

 

 

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