# INDEXORD()

Returns the numeric position of the controlling index.

Syntax

  INDEXORD() --> <nPosition>

Arguments

  None.

Returns

  <nPosition> Ordinal position of a controling index

Description

  The INDEXORD() function returns the numeric position of the current controlling index in the selected or designated work area. A returned value of 0 indicated that no active index is controlling the database,which therefore is in the natural order.

Examples

          USE TESTS NEW INDEX TEST1
          IF INDEXORD()>0
              ? "Current order is ",INDEXORD()
          Endif

Status

  Ready

Compliance

  This function is Ca-Clipper compliant

Platforms

  All

Files

  Library is rdd

See Also

- INDEXKEY()