1 05/27/86 assign_values, av
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 3 Syntax: av variable_list
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 6 Syntax as an active request: [av variable_list]
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 9 Function: retrieves selected data and assigns it to designated
10 LINUS variables.  As an active request it returns "true" if data
11 was sucessfully retrieved and "false" if the select statement
12 failed.
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15 Arguments:
16 variable_list
17    a list of one or more LINUS variable names (each name must
18    begin with "!").
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21 Notes:
22 Retrieved data is assigned to variables in the order that it is
23 retrieved.  Retrieval ceases when either the variable_list or
24 selected data is exhausted.  Variables which have no values to be
25 assigned to them will not be affected (eg.  values will not be
26 changed or variable will not be allocated).