FormalParms

Description:              This function returns the number of formal parameters declared in a module.

Returns:                    Numeric

Usage:                       Script or Steady State

Format:                      FormalParms(Module)

Parameters:             Module    { Object value }  { required }  { no default: }

                                      Any expression that returns an object or module type value.

Comments:               This function's result may seem obvious, but this function can help automate some of the work in building a parameterized module, just in case the number of parameters declared in a module is changed.

Example:

< 

TinyModule

(

  a; 

  b; 

)

[

  numParms; 

]

Main [

  NumParms = FormalParms(Self()); 

]

> 

The variable numParms will have a value of 2.

See Also:

NParm | NumParms | Parameter