libm3/src/params/Params.i3


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 Last modified on Wed Dec 15 15:12:45 PST 1993 by mcjones    
      modified on Wed Mar  4 08:31:11 1992 by kalsow         
      modified on Sat Sep 15 02:51:50 1990 by muller         
      modified on Mon Sep  5 17:21:33 1988 by stolfi         
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      modified On Tue Sep 10 15:28:14 1985 By rovner         

This interface provides access to the command line arguments given to a process when it is started (see Process.Create). \index{parameters of a process} \index{process!parameters}

INTERFACE Params;

VAR (*CONST*) Count: CARDINAL;
Parameters are indexed from 0 (the command name) to Count-1.

PROCEDURE Get(n: CARDINAL): TEXT;
Return the parameter with index n. It is a checked runtime error if n >= Count.

END Params.
Parameters that begin with the characters @M3 are reserved for use by the SRC Modula-3 runtime. They are not included in the value of Count or in the sequence indexed by Get.