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GET-SIGNATURE( ) Method

Returns the signature of the internal procedure or user-defined function whose name you supply.

Specifically:

NOTE: GET-SIGNATURE does not return the signature of any internal procedure defined using the PROCEDURE statement’s PRIVATE option. Similarly, GET-SIGNATURE does not return the signature of any user-defined function defined using the FUNCTION statement’s PRIVATE option.

Return Type: CHARACTER

Applies To: THIS-PROCEDURE System Handle (and all procedure handles)

SYNTAX
GET-SIGNATURE ( int-proc-name ) 

int-proc-name

The name of an internal procedure or user-defined function.

GET-SIGNATURE returns a string with the following format:

type , return-type ,
  [ mode name p-type [ , mode name p-type ] ... ] 

type

The type of the internal procedure. Types include:

return-type

(User-defined functions only) The Progress data type that a user-defined function returns.

mode name p-type

A parameter description where mode is the mode of the parameter, name is the name of the parameter, and p-type is either a data type or, for a buffer parameter, the name of the table associated with the buffer.

Modes are:


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