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varlock


Locks a variable.


Syntax


varlock(scope, variable_name)

Input argument


scope

a string: 'global', 'base', 'caller', 'local'.

variable_name

a string: variable name.

Description


varlock locks a variable.

Locked variables cannot be killed.

ans variable cannot be locked.

Example


y = 3;
varislock('local', 'y')
varlock('local', 'y')
varislock('local', 'y')
y = 4
varunlock('local', 'y')
varislock('local', 'y')
y = 4
varlock('local', 'ans')
varislock('local', 'ans')

See also


varislock, varunlock.

History


Version Description
1.0.0 initial version

Author


Allan CORNET

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