Introduction
Interactive mode is ideally suited to look for helpful information and access the on-line documentation which is kept
up-to-date. Available commands for information retrieval include the following and some of them accept wildcard symbols
as placeholder for any number of characters (using *) or exactly 1 character (using ?).
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| help | Brief overview of most important features provided in interactive mode |
| docs | Access the on-line B4P documentation |
| docs ( for ) docs ( 'for*') docs ( for all ) docs ( '*abc*' ) | Searches the on-line B4P documentation by listing up all keywords and selecting one of them for is an existing keyword, so the documentation for the function for is opened directly for* lists all keywords beginning with 'for'. Select one of them to access the dscription. for all is not an existing keyword, but various keywords begin with 'for all' which will be listed. *abc* looks up all keywords containing 'abc'. For more info, see detailed description of docs(). |
| list functions list functions( 'max*' ) | List all function names, but without descriptions. max* limits the list to all functions beginning with 'max'. For more info, see detailed description of list functions(). |
| explain functions explain functions( 'max*' ) explain functions( max ) | Explains all paraters required for listed functions (Very long output generated!). max* limits the explainations to all functions beginning with 'max'. max explains the parameters for function max() only. For more info, see detailed description of explain functions(). |
| dump functions( table name ) | Dumps all available functions and their descriptions into a B4P table. As a next step, type 'table save( table name, file name.csv )' or 'view ( table name, excel )' to view the table. For more info, see detailed description of dump functions(). |