GetField

Databases
Aptilis 1

GetField(Record, Index)

GetField will isolate a field in a database record.
Databases are loaded with loadDatabase or are made up of records put in arrays with makeRecord.
Records can also be found with functions like getrecordindexbykey and getrecordindexbynearkey.
You can also load all the fields of a record in one go into an array with getAllFields.

Return value:
The field requested, or an empty string if the index goes beyond the number of fields available.

Example:

r = makeRecord("zero","one","two","three") $
print(getfield(r$, 1)$)
Result:
one
See also:
getAllFields getFixedLengthField

A database: