Geometry Statement

Format

Geometry geometry_name;

Description

The Geometry statement creates a Geometry object with the name geometry_name. The Geometry name must be unique and must contain only letters, numbers, or the underscore character. The name must begin with a letter. You can declare Geometry objects globally in PROC GLOBAL or locally in functions or procedures.

Variable Modifiers

The following variable modifiers apply to Geometry objects:

persistent: to persist the variable's value from one run of an application to another.

Example

// Declare a geometry
Geometry mygeometry;

// Capture polygon
mygeometry.tracePolygon();

// Compute the area of the captured polygon
AREA = mygeometry.area();

// Save the geometry to a file
mygeometry.save("polygon.geojson");

See also: Geometry Object