Control Primitives

Nodes¶

Primitive	Description
Define	Operator x:=y, creates a new node
Value Of	Operator ?x, value assigned to a constant
About the Var Statement	Variable declaration
void	Operator void x, discards an expression's value
show	Definition or formula used to create a node
exists	Tests for the existence of a node
dtype	Data type identifier (number, text, etc.)
typeof	Operator typeof x, returns the data type of x
reset	Marks all constants as unevaluated
clear	Sets the value of a node to null
rename	Renames a node
remove	Removes a node from memory
topsheet	Name of the displayed sheet
include	Imports library functions into the active application
component	Loads a library component
arguments	List of all argument values in the active function
argval	Value of a specific argument in the active function
length	Length of a list, characters in a string, or arguments in a function
comment	Comment text attached to a node
dialogtemplate	HTML form text attached to a node

Primitive	Description
all	List of all node names
children	List of all nodes called directly by a node
treelist	List of all nodes called directly and indirectly by a node
branchoptions	List of child nodes to the active branch node
rootnode	Name of the root node in the active tree
selectednode	Name of the selected tree node(s)
activenode	Name of the node currently executing
endnodes	Name of all end nodes in a tree or branch
inputs	List of all nodes declared as inputs
outputs	List of all nodes declared as outputs
this	Pointer to the currently executing object

Primitive	Description
open	Opens a new document file
close	Closes the active document
exit	Closes all documents and terminates the main application
save	Saves the current document to a file

Primitive	Description
version	This program's version number
hostipaddress	IP address of the computer executing a script
precision	Sets the precision for approximated functions
redunits	Identifies a constant as a reduction unit

Primitive	Description
document	List of sheets and nodes in the current document
insertdatasheet	Create a new Data Table sheet
insertdiagramsheet	Create a new Diagram sheet
insertgraph	Create a new Graph sheet
insertgraph3	Create a new Surface Plot sheet
insertreportsheet	Create a new Report sheet
inserttable	Create a new Presentation Table sheet
inserttextsheet	Create a new Text Sheet
inserttreesheet	Create a new Tree Sheet