GetKey (function)

Syntax a$ = GetKey ( key$, string$ )
Description To search for a keyword and returns its value. This is of use particularly from the Basic Control Engine to extract the EVENT and ACTION, which caused the script to run. An empty string is returned if the key is not found.
Comments Parameter Description
key$ String. The keyword to search for.
string$ String. The string to search for the keyword. The format of this string is keyword followed by an equal sign and the value. A comma separates multiple keyword value combinations.
Example
sub main()
   event_id$= GetKey("EVENT", command$)
   action_id$ = GetKey("ACTION", command$)
   ' Name$ will contain PETE after this statement.
   name$ = GetKey("NAME","NAME=PETE,LOCATION=ALBANY")
end sub