Meaning of CheckName return values

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Return values from CheckName(string, 1) (waves namespace) returns 

26 if string was an Igor operation

28 if string was an Igor function

27 if string is already in use as a wave name

227 if string was empty

0 if string was legal and unique

Is there a listing of other possible CheckName return values?  Are there any others for the waves namespace?

This is from Igor 8, if that makes a difference.

Thanks, Jeff

Those look like error code values. For example:

•print geterrMessage(26)
  the name "_Not Available_" already exists as an operation
•print geterrMessage(28)
  the name "_Not Available_" already exists as a function

 

I don't think you should rely on the output values other than 0 since the meaning of the returned values is not given in the CheckName documentation. Also, new checks for a name could be added in the future.

April 15, 2020 at 09:57 am - Permalink