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GetFormula

GetFormula (objName)

The GetFormula function returns a string containing the named object's dependency formula. The named object must be a wave, numeric variable or string variable.

Details

Normally an object will have an empty dependency formula and GetFormula will return an empty string (""). If you assign a expression to an object using the := operator or the SetFormula operation, the text on the right side of the := or the parameter to SetFormula is the object's dependency formula and this is what GetFormula will return.

Examples

Variable/G dependsOnIt
Make/O wave0 := dependsOnIt*2 // wave0 changes when dependsOnItdoes
Print GetFormula(wave0)

Prints the following in the history area:

dependsOnIt*2

See Also

Dependencies, SetFormula