Use this notation… | To… |
variableName | Address a variable. Example: state Variable state. |
variableName/childVariableName | Address the child variable of a variable (such as a field in a document). Example: %buyerInfo/state% Variable state within IS document type state. |
arrayVariableName[index] | Address an element in an array. Example: orderItems[0] Value of the first element in the orderItems array. |
arrayVariableName[rowIndex][columnIndex] | Address an element in a two-dimensional array (String table). Example: dictionary[1][2] Value of the element located in the third column of the second row in the dictionary array. |
duplicateVariableName(index) | Address an occurrence of a variable where there are multiple variables with the same name in the document or pipeline. The index is zero-based. Example: address(1) Value of the second variable named address. |
%"variableWithSpecialCharacters"% | Address a variable whose name contains special characters. Variables that contain special characters must be enclosed in quotation marks. Example: %"address(work)"% Value of the variable named address(work). For more information, see
Addressing Variables that Contain
Special Characters. |