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Tcl_SetVar(3)		    Tcl Library Procedures		 Tcl_SetVar(3)

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NAME
       Tcl_SetVar2Ex,  Tcl_SetVar, Tcl_SetVar2, Tcl_ObjSetVar2, Tcl_GetVar2Ex,
       Tcl_GetVar, Tcl_GetVar2, Tcl_ObjGetVar2, Tcl_UnsetVar, Tcl_UnsetVar2  -
       manipulate Tcl variables

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tcl.h>

       Tcl_Obj *
       Tcl_SetVar2Ex(interp, name1, name2, newValuePtr, flags)

       const char *
       Tcl_SetVar(interp, varName, newValue, flags)

       const char *
       Tcl_SetVar2(interp, name1, name2, newValue, flags)

       Tcl_Obj *
       Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, part1Ptr, part2Ptr, newValuePtr, flags)

       Tcl_Obj *
       Tcl_GetVar2Ex(interp, name1, name2, flags)

       const char *
       Tcl_GetVar(interp, varName, flags)

       const char *
       Tcl_GetVar2(interp, name1, name2, flags)

       Tcl_Obj *
       Tcl_ObjGetVar2(interp, part1Ptr, part2Ptr, flags)

       int
       Tcl_UnsetVar(interp, varName, flags)

       int
       Tcl_UnsetVar2(interp, name1, name2, flags)

ARGUMENTS
       Tcl_Interp *interp (in)		     Interpreter containing variable.

       const char *name1 (in)		     Contains  the  name  of  an array
					     variable (if name2	 is  non-NULL)
					     or	 (if name2 is NULL) either the
					     name of a scalar  variable	 or  a
					     complete	name   including  both
					     variable  name  and  index.   May
					     include  ::  namespace qualifiers
					     to specify a variable in  a  par‐
					     ticular namespace.

       const char *name2 (in)		     If	 non-NULL,  gives name of ele‐
					     ment within array; in  this  case
					     name1  must  refer	 to  an	 array
					     variable.

       Tcl_Obj *newValuePtr (in)	     Points to a Tcl object containing
					     the new value for the variable.

       int flags (in)			     OR-ed combination of bits provid‐
					     ing additional  information.  See
					     below for valid values.

       const char *varName (in)		     Name of variable.	May include ::
					     namespace qualifiers to specify a
					     variable  in  a particular names‐
					     pace.   May  refer	 to  a	scalar
					     variable  or  an  element	of  an
					     array.

       const char *newValue (in)	     New value for variable, specified
					     as	 a  null-terminated string.  A
					     copy of this value is  stored  in
					     the variable.

       Tcl_Obj *part1Ptr (in)		     Points to a Tcl object containing
					     the variable's  name.   The  name
					     may include a series of :: names‐
					     pace  qualifiers  to  specify   a
					     variable  in  a particular names‐
					     pace.   May  refer	 to  a	scalar
					     variable  or  an  element	of  an
					     array variable.

       Tcl_Obj *part2Ptr (in)		     If non-NULL, points to an	object
					     containing the name of an element
					     within an array and part1Ptr must
					     refer to an array variable.
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DESCRIPTION
       These procedures are used to create, modify, read, and delete Tcl vari‐
       ables from C code.

       Tcl_SetVar2Ex, Tcl_SetVar, Tcl_SetVar2, and Tcl_ObjSetVar2 will	create
       a  new  variable	 or  modify an existing one.  These procedures set the
       given variable to the value given by newValuePtr or newValue and return
       a  pointer  to the variable's new value, which is stored in Tcl's vari‐
       able structure.	Tcl_SetVar2Ex and Tcl_ObjSetVar2 take the new value as
       a  Tcl_Obj  and return a pointer to a Tcl_Obj.  Tcl_SetVar and Tcl_Set‐
       Var2 take the new value as a string and return a string; they are  usu‐
       ally  less  efficient  than Tcl_ObjSetVar2.  Note that the return value
       may be different than the newValuePtr or newValue argument, due to mod‐
       ifications  made	 by  write  traces.  If an error occurs in setting the
       variable (e.g. an array variable is referenced without giving an	 index
       into  the  array)  NULL	is  returned  and  an error message is left in
       interp's result if the TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG flag bit is set.

       Tcl_GetVar2Ex, Tcl_GetVar, Tcl_GetVar2, and Tcl_ObjGetVar2  return  the
       current	value  of  a  variable.	 The arguments to these procedures are
       treated in the same way as the arguments to  the	 procedures  described
       above.	Under  normal  circumstances, the return value is a pointer to
       the variable's value.  For Tcl_GetVar2Ex and Tcl_ObjGetVar2  the	 value
       is  returned as a pointer to a Tcl_Obj.	For Tcl_GetVar and Tcl_GetVar2
       the value is returned as a string; this is usually less	efficient,  so
       Tcl_GetVar2Ex  or  Tcl_ObjGetVar2  are  preferred.   If an error occurs
       while reading the variable (e.g. the variable  does  not	 exist	or  an
       array  element  is  specified  for  a  scalar  variable),  then NULL is
       returned and an error  message  is  left	 in  interp's  result  if  the
       TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG flag bit is set.

       Tcl_UnsetVar  and  Tcl_UnsetVar2	 may  be used to remove a variable, so
       that future attempts to read the variable will return  an  error.   The
       arguments  to these procedures are treated in the same way as the argu‐
       ments to the procedures above.  If the variable is successfully removed
       then  TCL_OK is returned.  If the variable cannot be removed because it
       does not exist then TCL_ERROR is returned and an error message is  left
       in  interp's  result  if	 the TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG flag bit is set.	 If an
       array element is specified, the given element is removed but the	 array
       remains.	  If  an  array	 name  is specified without an index, then the
       entire array is removed.

       The name of a variable may be specified to  these  procedures  in  four
       ways:

       [1]    If Tcl_SetVar, Tcl_GetVar, or Tcl_UnsetVar is invoked, the vari‐
	      able name is given as a single string, varName.  If varName con‐
	      tains  an	 open  parenthesis  and ends with a close parenthesis,
	      then the value between the parentheses is treated	 as  an	 index
	      (which  can have any string value) and the characters before the
	      first open parenthesis are treated as the name of an array vari‐
	      able.   If varName does not have parentheses as described above,
	      then the entire string is treated as the name of a scalar	 vari‐
	      able.

       [2]    If  the name1 and name2 arguments are provided and name2 is non-
	      NULL, then an array element is specified and the array name  and
	      index  have already been separated by the caller: name1 contains
	      the name and name2 contains the index.  An error is generated if
	      name1  contains an open parenthesis and ends with a close paren‐
	      thesis (array element) and name2 is non-NULL.

       [3]    If name2 is NULL, name1 is treated just like varName in case [1]
	      above  (it  can  be either a scalar or an array element variable
	      name).

       The flags argument may be used to specify any of several options to the
       procedures.  It consists of an OR-ed combination of the following bits.

       TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY
	      Under  normal  circumstances the procedures look up variables as
	      follows.	If a procedure call is active in interp, the  variable
	      is looked up at the current level of procedure call.  Otherwise,
	      the variable is looked up first in the current  namespace,  then
	      in  the  global namespace.  However, if this bit is set in flags
	      then the variable is looked up only in the global namespace even
	      if  there	 is  a procedure call active.  If both TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY
	      and TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY are given, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY is ignored.

       TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY
	      If this bit is set in flags then the variable is looked up  only
	      in the current namespace; if a procedure is active its variables
	      are ignored, and the global namespace is also ignored unless  it
	      is the current namespace.

       TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG
	      If  an  error  is returned and this bit is set in flags, then an
	      error message will be left in the interpreter's result, where it
	      can  be  retrieved with Tcl_GetObjResult or Tcl_GetStringResult.
	      If this flag bit is not set then no error message	 is  left  and
	      the interpreter's result will not be modified.

       TCL_APPEND_VALUE
	      If  this	bit is set then newValuePtr or newValue is appended to
	      the current value instead of replacing it.  If the  variable  is
	      currently	 undefined, then the bit is ignored.  This bit is only
	      used by the Tcl_Set* procedures.

       TCL_LIST_ELEMENT
	      If this bit is set, then newValue is converted to	 a  valid  Tcl
	      list  element  before setting (or appending to) the variable.  A
	      separator space is appended before the new list  element	unless
	      the  list	 element is going to be the first element in a list or
	      sublist (i.e. the variable's current value is empty, or contains
	      the single character “{”, or ends in “ }”).  When appending, the
	      original value of the variable must also be  a  valid  list,  so
	      that the operation is the appending of a new list element onto a
	      list.

       Tcl_GetVar and Tcl_GetVar2 return the current value of a variable.  The
       arguments  to these procedures are treated in the same way as the argu‐
       ments to Tcl_SetVar and Tcl_SetVar2.  Under normal  circumstances,  the
       return  value  is a pointer to the variable's value (which is stored in
       Tcl's variable structure and will not change before the	next  call  to
       Tcl_SetVar  or  Tcl_SetVar2).   Tcl_GetVar and Tcl_GetVar2 use the flag
       bits TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY and TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG, both of which have the same
       meaning	as for Tcl_SetVar.  If an error occurs in reading the variable
       (e.g. the variable does not exist or an array element is specified  for
       a scalar variable), then NULL is returned.

       Tcl_UnsetVar  and  Tcl_UnsetVar2	 may  be used to remove a variable, so
       that future calls to Tcl_GetVar or Tcl_GetVar2 for  the	variable  will
       return  an error.  The arguments to these procedures are treated in the
       same way as the arguments to Tcl_GetVar and Tcl_GetVar2.	 If the	 vari‐
       able  is successfully removed then TCL_OK is returned.  If the variable
       cannot be removed because it does not exist then TCL_ERROR is returned.
       If  an array element is specified, the given element is removed but the
       array remains.  If an array name is specified without  an  index,  then
       the entire array is removed.

SEE ALSO
       Tcl_GetObjResult, Tcl_GetStringResult, Tcl_TraceVar

KEYWORDS
       array, get variable, interpreter, object, scalar, set, unset, variable

Tcl				      8.1			 Tcl_SetVar(3)
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