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Within an OLAP DML program, the ARGCOUNT function returns the number of arguments that were specified when the current program was invoked.
Return Value
INTEGER
Syntax
ARGCOUNT
Examples
Checking the Number of Arguments
In the following example, the program, a user-defined function, verifies that three arguments are passed. When the number of arguments passed is not equal to 3, the program terminates with -1
as a return value.
DEFINE threearg PROGRAM INTEGER LD User-defined function expecting three arguments PROGRAM ARGUMENT division TEXT ARGUMENT product TEXT ARGUMENT month MONTH IF ARGCOUNT NE 3 THEN RETURN -1 ELSE DO ...