# ALIAS()

Returns the alias name of a work area

Syntax

  Alias([<nWorkArea>]) --> <cWorkArea>

Arguments

  <nWorkArea> Number of a work area

Returns

  <cWorkArea> Name of alias

Description

  This function returns the alias of the work area indicated by <nWorkArea> If <nWorkArea> is not provided, the alias of the current work area is returned.

Examples

          FUNCTION Main()

          USE Test
          select 0
          qOut( IF(Alias()=="","No Name",Alias()))
          Test->(qOut(Alias())
          qOut(Alias(1))

          RETURN NIL

Status

  Ready

Compliance

  ALIAS() is fully CA-Clipper compliant.

Files

  Library is rdd

See Also

- DBF()