SETOBJ-Assign value to an HDS primitive

Usage:

setobj value object

Description:

This routine assigns a specified (numeric or string) value to an existing HDS primitive. The destination object must exist. It can be a primitive scalar or a cell in a primitive array.

Parameters:

VALUE

The value the scalar primitive HDS object is to assume.

OBJECT

The HDS object to be modified. Specify beginning with directory and file name in the syntax of the operating system, followed by the dot-separated structure hierarchy. Elements of structure arrays are specified in ordinary brackets ().

Examples:

 1.  setobj value=90. object=file.MORE.FIGARO.TIME
   Store the number or string 90 in the existing scalar HDS
   object MORE.FIGARO.TIME in the file "file".

See also:

FIGARO: CREOBJ, COPOBJ, DELOBJ, RENOBJ.
KAPPA: ERASE.

Authors:

KS: Keith Shortridge (AAO)

HME: Horst Meyerdierks (UoE, Starlink)

JFL: John Lightfoot (ROE)