Command: epointer

Syntax

epointer <assign> {,<assign> ... }

Description

Declare (and optionally assign) an epointer identifier.

Parameters

• <assign>

<ident> {= <value> }

• <ident>
  The name of the identifier.

• <value>
  An entity, gstructure, compound or other epointer.

Switches

None

Notes

Epointers are not graphic primitives but provide a means of referencing them. Consequently, when an epointer identifier is deleted, via the delid command, the associated graphic primitive is not deleted.

Epointer identifiers can have any scope.

Without a <value> in the assignment, <ident> is initialized to null.

Examples

Create an epointer identifier.

epointer fred

Create an epointer and set it to point to the currently selected entity (this).

epointer ep = this

Create an epointer array.

epointer eps[] = <fred, my.face>

See Also