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CALL SYSTEM

CALL SYSTEM

Submits an operating environment command for execution

Category: Special

Syntax
Arguments
Comparisons
See Also

Syntax

CALL SYSTEM(command);

Arguments

command: specifies any of the following: a system command enclosed in quotation marks (explicit character string), an expression whose value is a system command, or the name of a character variable whose value is a system command that is executed.

Comparisons

The behavior of the CALL SYSTEM routine is similar to that of the X command, the X statement, and the SYSTEM function. It is useful in certain situations because it can be conditionally executed, it accepts an expression as an argument, and it is executed at run time.

See Also

Function:

SYSTEM

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