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DESCRIBE LIST - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

DESCRIBE LIST { {NUMBER OF {LINES|PAGES} n} 
              | {LINE linno PAGE page} 

              | {PAGE pagno [LINE-SIZE width] 

                            [LINE-COUNT page lines] 

                            [LINES lines] 

                            [FIRST-LINE first_line] 

                            [TOP-LINES top_lines] 

                            [TITLE-LINES title_lines] 

                            [HEAD-LINES header_lines] 

                            [END-LINES footer_lines]} } 

              [INDEX idx]. 

Effect

Specifies the properties of a list in the list buffer.

Additions

• NUMBER OF {LINES|PAGES} n
  Returns the number of lines or pages in n.
• LINE linno PAGE page
  Returns the page of the line specified in linno in page.
• PAGE pagno
  Returns properties of the page specified in pagno:
  
  LINE-SIZE width - Line length
  
  LINE-COUNT page_lines - Page length
  
  LINES lines - Number of lines
  
  FIRST-LINE first_line - Line number of the first line
  
  TOP-LINES top_lines - Number of header lines
  
  TITLE-LINES title_lines - Number of title lines
  
  HEAD-LINES header_lines - Number of column header lines
  
  END-LINES footer_lines - Number of footer lines
• INDEX idx
  Specification of the list index in idx. Without the specification of the index, either the basic list or the list in which a list event occurred is evaluated.