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.so man.macros
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.TH Tcl_ObjSetVar2 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
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.BS
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.SH NAME
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Tcl_ObjSetVar2, Tcl_ObjGetVar2 \- manipulate Tcl variables
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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\fB#include \fR
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.sp
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Tcl_Obj *
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\fBTcl_ObjSetVar2\fR(\fIinterp, part1Ptr, part2Ptr, newValuePtr, flags\fR)
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.sp
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Tcl_Obj *
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\fBTcl_ObjGetVar2\fR(\fIinterp, part1Ptr, part2Ptr, flags\fR)
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.SH ARGUMENTS
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.AS Tcl_Interp *newValuePtr
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.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
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Interpreter containing variable.
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.AP Tcl_Obj *part1Ptr in
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Points to a Tcl object containing the variable's name.
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The name may include a series of \fB::\fR namespace qualifiers
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to specify a variable in a particular namespace.
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May refer to a scalar variable or an element of an array variable.
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.AP Tcl_Obj *part2Ptr in
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If non-NULL, points to an object containing the name of an element
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within an array and \fIpart1Ptr\fR must refer to an array variable.
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.AP Tcl_Obj *newValuePtr in
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Points to a Tcl object containing the new value for the variable.
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.AP int flags in
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OR-ed combination of bits providing additional information for
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operation. See below for valid values.
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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These two procedures may be used to read and modify
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Tcl variables from C code.
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\fBTcl_ObjSetVar2\fR will create a new variable or modify an existing one.
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It sets the specified variable to
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the object referenced by \fInewValuePtr\fR
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and returns a pointer to the object which is the variable's new value.
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The returned object may not be the same one
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referenced by \fInewValuePtr\fR;
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this might happen because variable traces may modify the variable's value.
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The reference count for the variable's old value is decremented
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and the reference count for its new value is incremented.
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If the new value for the variable
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is not the same one referenced by \fInewValuePtr\fR
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(perhaps as a result of a variable trace),
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then \fInewValuePtr\fR's reference count is left unchanged.
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The reference count for the returned object is not incremented
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to reflect the returned reference.
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If the caller needs to keep a reference to the object,
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say in a data structure,
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it must increment its reference count using \fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR.
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If an error occurs in setting the variable
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(e.g. an array variable is referenced
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without giving an index into the array),
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then NULL is returned.
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.PP
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The variable name specified to \fBTcl_ObjSetVar2\fR consists of two parts.
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\fIpart1Ptr\fR contains the name of a scalar or array variable.
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If \fIpart2Ptr\fR is NULL, the variable must be a scalar.
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If \fIpart2Ptr\fR is not NULL,
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it contains the name of an element in the array named by \fIpart2Ptr\fR.
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As a special case, if the flag TCL_PARSE_PART1 is specified,
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\fIpart1Ptr\fR may contain both an array and an element name:
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if the name contains an open parenthesis and ends with a
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close parenthesis, then the value between the parentheses is
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treated as an element name (which can have any string value) and
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the characters before the first open
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parenthesis are treated as the name of an array variable.
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If the flag TCL_PARSE_PART1 is given,
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\fIpart2Ptr\fR should be NULL since the array and element names
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are taken from \fIpart2Ptr\fR.
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.PP
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The \fIflags\fR argument may be used to specify any of several
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options to the procedures.
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It consists of an OR-ed combination of any of the following
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bits:
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.TP
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\fBTCL_GLOBAL_ONLY\fR
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Under normal circumstances the procedures look up variables as follows:
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If a procedure call is active in \fIinterp\fR,
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a variable is looked up at the current level of procedure call.
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Otherwise, a variable is looked up first in the current namespace,
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then in the global namespace.
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However, if this bit is set in \fIflags\fR then the variable
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is looked up only in the global namespace
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even if there is a procedure call active.
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If both \fBTCL_GLOBAL_ONLY\fR and \fBTCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY\fR are given,
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\fBTCL_GLOBAL_ONLY\fR is ignored.
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\fBTCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY\fR
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Under normal circumstances the procedures look up variables as follows:
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If a procedure call is active in \fIinterp\fR,
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a variable is looked up at the current level of procedure call.
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Otherwise, a variable is looked up first in the current namespace,
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then in the global namespace.
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However, if this bit is set in \fIflags\fR then the variable
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is looked up only in the current namespace
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even if there is a procedure call active.
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.TP
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\fBTCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG\fR
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If an error is returned and this bit is set in \fIflags\fR, then
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an error message will be left in the interpreter's result,
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where it can be retrieved with \fBTcl_GetObjResult\fR
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or \fBTcl_GetStringResult\fR.
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If this flag bit isn't set then no error message is left
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and the interpreter's result will not be modified.
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\fBTCL_APPEND_VALUE\fR
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If this bit is set then \fInewValuePtr\fR is appended to the current
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value, instead of replacing it.
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If the variable is currently undefined, then this bit is ignored.
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\fBTCL_LIST_ELEMENT\fR
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If this bit is set, then \fInewValuePtr\fR is converted to a valid
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Tcl list element before setting (or appending to) the variable.
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A separator space is appended before the new list element unless
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the list element is going to be the first element in a list or
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sublist (i.e. the variable's current value is empty, or contains
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the single character ``{'', or ends in `` }'').
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.TP
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\fBTCL_PARSE_PART1\fR
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If this bit is set,
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then \fBTcl_ObjGetVar2\fR and \fBTcl_ObjSetVar2\fR
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will parse \fIpart1Ptr\fR
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to obtain both an array name and an element name.
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If the name in \fIpart1Ptr\fR contains an open parenthesis
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and ends with a close parenthesis,
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the name is treated as the name of an element of an array;
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otherwise, the name in \fIpart1Ptr\fR
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is interpreted as the name of a scalar variable.
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\fIpart2Ptr\fR is ignored.
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.PP
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\fBTcl_ObjGetVar2\fR returns the value of the specified variable.
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Its arguments are treated the same way as those for \fBTcl_ObjSetVar2\fR.
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It returns a pointer to the object which is the variable's value.
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The reference count for the returned object is not incremented.
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If the caller needs to keep a reference to the object,
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say in a data structure,
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it must increment the reference count using \fBTcl_IncrRefCount\fR.
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If an error occurs in setting the variable
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(e.g. an array variable is referenced
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without giving an index into the array),
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then NULL is returned.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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Tcl_GetObjResult, Tcl_GetStringResult, Tcl_GetVar, Tcl_GetVar2, Tcl_SetVar, Tcl_SetVar2, Tcl_TraceVar, Tcl_UnsetVar, Tcl_UnsetVar2
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.SH KEYWORDS
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array, interpreter, object, scalar, set, unset, variable

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