• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
      • Statement Format Symbols
      • Alphabetical List of Functions and Statements
      • List of Reserved Words
      • Deprecated Features
      • Declaration Statements
      • Symbol Functions
      • Item Functions
      • Array Object
      • Audio Object
      • Barcode and QR Codes
      • Case Object
      • Document Object
      • File Object
      • Freq Object
      • Geometry Object
      • HashMap Object
      • Image Object
      • List Object
      • Map Object
      • Path
      • Pff Object
      • SystemApp Object
      • ValueSet Object
      • Program Control Statements
      • Assignment Statements
      • Data Entry Statements and Functions
      • Batch Edit Statements
      • Numeric Functions
      • String Functions
      • Multiple Occurrence Functions
      • General Functions
        • Compress Function
        • Decompress Function
        • diagnostics Function
        • Encode Function
        • ErrMsg Function
        • ExecSystem Function (Desktop)
        • ExecSystem Function (Mobile)
        • ExecPFF Function
        • GetProperty Function
        • GetLabel Function
        • GetLanguage Function
        • GetSymbol Function
        • GetValueLabel Function
        • hash Function
        • htmldialog Function
        • InValueSet Function
        • Invoke Function
        • IsChecked Function
        • loadsetting Function
        • LogText Function
        • MaxValue Function
        • MinValue Function
        • paradata Function
        • PathConcat Function
        • PathName Function
        • savesetting Function
        • SetLanguage Function
        • SetProperty Function
        • SetValueSet Function
        • SetValueSets Function
        • Special Function
        • sqlquery Function
        • Stop Function
        • SysParm Function
        • tr Function
        • Trace Function
        • UUID Function
        • View Function
        • Warning Function
      • Date and Time Functions
      • External File Functions
      • Synchronization Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataViewer>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

GetSymbol Function

Format
s = getsymbol();
Description
The getsymbol function returns the name of the current procedure being executed.
An optional syntax, getsymbol(savepartial), returns the field name and occurrence information (for multiply-occurring items) of the location of the last partial save.
Return Value
The function returns a string with the procedure's name.
Example
function OnStop()

    if getsymbol() = "ACTION" then
        stop(1);

    else
        reenter ACTION;

    endif;

end;
See also: GetLabel Function, GetRecord Function