DictTable.fieldName2Id Method
Returns the field ID of a field that is specified by name.
Syntax
public FieldId fieldName2Id(str name)
Run On
Called
Parameters
- name
Type: str
The name of the field for which the field ID is being retrieved.
Return Value
Type: FieldId Extended Data Type
The field ID of the field that is specified by the name parameter; 0 (zero) if name does not represent a valid field name for the table.
Examples
The following example shows the retrieval of a field ID by its field name.
DictTable dt;
fieldId fId;
dt = new DictTable(tablenum(CustTable));
if (dt)
{
fId = dt.fieldName2Id("Pager");
// Use the field ID as needed.
// This example merely prints out the field ID.
print (strfmt("fId: %1", fId));
}