(Engine-Level Function)
| Description: | Tests whether a given variable is a dictionary. Because the default behavior of most operands and functions on dictionaries is to return just the value of the dictionary’s root, this function provides the only means to determine whether a variable contains a dictionary. |
| Returns: | Boolean |
| Usage: | Script or steady state. |
| Function Groups: | Dictionary, Variable |
| Related to: | Dictionary | MetaData | IsDictionary |
Format:  |
RVAL = HasMetaData( dictionary ); |
| Parameters: |
| Dictionary |
| Required. The name of any variable to test. |
| Comments: | Returns TRUE if the object is a dictionary and FALSE otherwise. Because the default behavior of most operands and functions on dictionaries is to return just the value of the dictionary’s root, this function provides the only means to determine whether a variable contains a dictionary. |
