getGlobalValue

 

 

Description

The getGlobalValue function returns the global value of the specified Symbol argument. Also the ^ operator in front of a Symbol returns the global value of the specified Symbol.

When to use

The getGlobalValue function is used to retrieve a Symbol's value.

 

Syntax

(getGlobalValue symbol)

Name Description AIS Types
symbola SymbolSymbol

Returns:

The Symbol's value

 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

Example_Context_getGlobalValue_001

This example defines a Symbol with a numerical value. Then retrieves the Symbol's value with the getGlobalValue function.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Symbol Context

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

++(Symbol) +=(Symbol) /=(Symbol) *=(Symbol)
--(Symbol) -=(Symbol) addMethod(BitVector) addMethod(Boolean)
addMethod(Brick) addMethod(Character) addMethod(CpxVector) addMethod(Date)
addMethod(Dictionary) addMethod(Directory) addMethod(FltVector) addMethod(Function)
addMethod(IntVector) addMethod(List) addMethod(Matrix) addMethod(NumMatrix)
addMethod(NumVector) addMethod(Number) addMethod(ObjVector) addMethod(ObjectRepository)
addMethod(Pair) addMethod(PcodeVector) addMethod(ShortVector) addMethod(String)
addMethod(Structure) addMethod(Symbol) addMethod(Vector) addMethod(Void)
append(BitVector) append(Complex) append(CpxVector) append(FltVector)
append(IntVector) append(Matrix) append(NumMatrix) append(NumVector)
append(ObjVector) append(Pair) append(ShortVector) append(String)
append(Structure) append(Symbol) append(Vector) apply(BitVector)
apply(CpxVector) apply(FltVector) apply(IntVector) apply(Matrix)
apply(NumMatrix) apply(NumVector) apply(Pair) apply(ShortVector)
apply(Structure) apply(Vector) binaryInsert(CpxVector) binaryInsert(FltVector)
binaryInsert(IntVector) binaryInsert(Matrix) binaryInsert(NumMatrix) binaryInsert(NumVector)
binaryInsert(ShortVector) binaryInsert(Structure) binaryInsert(Vector) binarySearch(CpxVector)
binarySearch(Dictionary) binarySearch(FltVector) binarySearch(IntVector) binarySearch(Matrix)
binarySearch(NumMatrix) binarySearch(NumVector) binarySearch(ObjVector) binarySearch(ShortVector)
binarySearch(Structure) binarySearch(Vector) boolean(Boolean) cdr(BitVector)
cdr(Brick) cdr(CpxVector) cdr(Dictionary) cdr(Directory)
cdr(FltVector) cdr(IntVector) cdr(List) cdr(Matrix)
cdr(NumMatrix) cdr(NumVector) cdr(ObjVector) cdr(ShortVector)
cdr(Structure) cdr(Vector) character(Character) compareEQ(BitVector)
compareEQ(Boolean) compareEQ(Brick) compareEQ(Character) compareEQ(Complex)
compareEQ(CpxVector) compareEQ(Date) compareEQ(Dictionary) compareEQ(Directory)
compareEQ(FltVector) compareEQ(Function) compareEQ(IntVector) compareEQ(Lambda)
compareEQ(List) compareEQ(Matrix) compareEQ(NumMatrix) compareEQ(NumVector)
compareEQ(Number) compareEQ(ObjVector) compareEQ(ObjectRepository) compareEQ(Pair)
compareEQ(ShortVector) compareEQ(String) compareEQ(Structure) compareEQ(Symbol)
compareEQ(Vector) compareEQ(Void) compareGE(BitVector) compareGE(Boolean)
compareGE(Brick) compareGE(Character) compareGE(Complex) compareGE(CpxVector)
compareGE(Date) compareGE(Dictionary) compareGE(Directory) compareGE(Function)
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compareGE(NumMatrix) compareGE(Number) compareGE(ObjVector) compareGE(ObjectRepository)
compareGE(Pair) compareGE(ShortVector) compareGE(String) compareGE(Structure)
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compareGT(Boolean) compareGT(Brick) compareGT(Character) compareGT(Complex)
compareGT(CpxVector) compareGT(Date) compareGT(Dictionary) compareGT(Directory)
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compareGT(Matrix) compareGT(NumMatrix) compareGT(NumVector) compareGT(Number)
compareGT(ObjVector) compareGT(ObjectRepository) compareGT(Pair) compareGT(ShortVector)
compareGT(String) compareGT(Structure) compareGT(Symbol) compareGT(Vector)
compareGT(Void) compareLE(BitVector) compareLE(Boolean) compareLE(Brick)
compareLE(Character) compareLE(Complex) compareLE(CpxVector) compareLE(Date)
compareLE(Dictionary) compareLE(Directory) compareLE(FltVector) compareLE(Function)
compareLE(IntVector) compareLE(Lambda) compareLE(List) compareLE(Matrix)
compareLE(NumMatrix) compareLE(NumVector) compareLE(Number) compareLE(ObjVector)
compareLE(ObjectRepository) compareLE(Pair) compareLE(ShortVector) compareLE(String)
compareLE(Structure) compareLE(Symbol) compareLE(Vector) compareLE(Void)
compareLT(BitVector) compareLT(Boolean) compareLT(Brick) compareLT(Character)
compareLT(Complex) compareLT(CpxVector) compareLT(Date) compareLT(Dictionary)
compareLT(Directory) compareLT(FltVector) compareLT(Function) compareLT(IntVector)
compareLT(Lambda) compareLT(List) compareLT(Matrix) compareLT(NumMatrix)
compareLT(NumVector) compareLT(Number) compareLT(ObjVector) compareLT(ObjectRepository)
compareLT(Pair) compareLT(ShortVector) compareLT(String) compareLT(Structure)
compareLT(Symbol) compareLT(Vector) compareLT(Void) compareNE(BitVector)
compareNE(Boolean) compareNE(Brick) compareNE(Character) compareNE(Complex)
compareNE(CpxVector) compareNE(Date) compareNE(Dictionary) compareNE(Directory)
compareNE(FltVector) compareNE(Function) compareNE(IntVector) compareNE(Lambda)
compareNE(List) compareNE(Matrix) compareNE(NumMatrix) compareNE(NumVector)
compareNE(Number) compareNE(ObjVector) compareNE(ObjectRepository) compareNE(Pair)
compareNE(ShortVector) compareNE(String) compareNE(Structure) compareNE(Symbol)
compareNE(Vector) compareNE(Void) compare(BitVector) compare(Boolean)
compare(Brick) compare(Character) compare(Complex) compare(CpxVector)
compare(Date) compare(Dictionary) compare(Directory) compare(FltVector)
compare(Function) compare(IntVector) compare(Lambda) compare(List)
compare(Matrix) compare(NumMatrix) compare(NumVector) compare(Number)
compare(ObjVector) compare(ObjectRepository) compare(Pair) compare(ShortVector)
compare(String) compare(Structure) compare(Symbol) compare(Vector)
compare(Void) comparison(BitVector) comparison(Boolean) comparison(Brick)
comparison(Character) comparison(Complex) comparison(Date) comparison(Dictionary)
comparison(Directory) comparison(FltVector) comparison(Function) comparison(IntVector)
comparison(List) comparison(Matrix) comparison(NumMatrix) comparison(NumVector)
comparison(Number) comparison(ObjVector) comparison(ObjectRepository) comparison(Pair)
comparison(ShortVector) comparison(String) comparison(Structure) comparison(Symbol)
comparison(Vector) comparison(Void) compress(ByteVector) cons(Pair)
count(Dictionary) count(Directory) count(List) count(Matrix)
count(NumMatrix) count(Pair) count(Structure) count(Vector)
debug(Context) debug(Lambda) defchild(Lambda) define(macro)(Lambda)
define(Lambda) defmacro(Lambda) defmethod(BitVector) defmethod(Boolean)
defmethod(Brick) defmethod(Character) defmethod(Date) defmethod(Dictionary)
defmethod(Directory) defmethod(FltVector) defmethod(Function) defmethod(IntVector)
defmethod(List) defmethod(Matrix) defmethod(NumMatrix) defmethod(NumVector)
defmethod(Number) defmethod(ObjectRepository) defmethod(Pair) defmethod(ShortVector)
defmethod(String) defmethod(Structure) defmethod(Symbol) defmethod(Vector)
defmethod(Void) deforphan(Lambda) defriend(Lambda) defun(Lambda)
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delete(List) delete(Matrix) delete(NumMatrix) delete(NumVector)
delete(ObjVector) delete(ObjectRepository) delete(Pair) delete(ShortVector)
delete(Structure) delete(Vector) disassemble(Context) disassemble(Lambda)
display(ByteVector) display(FileIO) downcase(String) downcase(Symbol)
encode(ByteVector) gc(Context) getGlobalValue(Context) getGlobalValue(Symbol)
getSymbolTable(Context) getSymbolTable(Symbol) globalBinding(Context) globalBinding(Lambda)
insert(Dictionary) insert(Directory) insert(FltVector) insert(IntVector)
insert(Matrix) insert(NumMatrix) insert(NumVector) insert(ObjVector)
insert(ShortVector) insert(Structure) insert(Vector) inside(BitVector)
inside(Dictionary) inside(Directory) inside(IntVector) inside(List)
inside(Matrix) inside(NumMatrix) inside(NumVector) inside(ShortVector)
inside(Structure) inside(Vector) inspect(Context) inspect(Lambda)
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isAtom(Dictionary) isAtom(Directory) isAtom(FltVector) isAtom(IntVector)
isAtom(List) isAtom(Matrix) isAtom(NumMatrix) isAtom(NumVector)
isAtom(ObjVector) isAtom(Pair) isAtom(PcodeVector) isAtom(ShortVector)
isAtom(Structure) isAtom(Vector) isBitVector(BitVector) isBoolean(Boolean)
isByteVector(ByteVector) isCharAlphabetic(ByteVector) isCharAlphabetic(String) isCharAlphabetic(Symbol)
isCharAlphanumeric(ByteVector) isCharAlphanumeric(String) isCharAlphanumeric(Symbol) isCharLowercase(ByteVector)
isCharLowercase(String) isCharLowercase(Symbol) isCharName(ByteVector) isCharName(String)
isCharName(Symbol) isCharNumeric(ByteVector) isCharNumeric(String) isCharNumeric(Symbol)
isCharUppercase(ByteVector) isCharUppercase(String) isCharUppercase(Symbol) isCharWhitespace(ByteVector)
isCharWhitespace(String) isCharWhitespace(Symbol) isChar(String) isCharacter(Character)
isComplex(Complex) isDate(Date) isDictionary(Dictionary) isDirectory(Directory)
isEqual(BitVector) isEqual(Boolean) isEqual(Brick) isEqual(Character)
isEqual(Complex) isEqual(Date) isEqual(Dictionary) isEqual(Directory)
isEqual(FltVector) isEqual(Function) isEqual(IntVector) isEqual(List)
isEqual(Matrix) isEqual(NumMatrix) isEqual(NumVector) isEqual(Number)
isEqual(ObjVector) isEqual(Pair) isEqual(ShortVector) isEqual(String)
isEqual(Structure) isEqual(Vector) isEqual(Void) isError(Error)
isFloatVector(FltVector) isIdentical(BitVector) isIdentical(Boolean) isIdentical(Brick)
isIdentical(Character) isIdentical(Complex) isIdentical(Date) isIdentical(Dictionary)
isIdentical(Directory) isIdentical(Error) isIdentical(FltVector) isIdentical(Function)
isIdentical(IntVector) isIdentical(List) isIdentical(Matrix) isIdentical(NumMatrix)
isIdentical(NumVector) isIdentical(Number) isIdentical(ObjVector) isIdentical(ObjectRepository)
isIdentical(Pair) isIdentical(PcodeVector) isIdentical(ShortVector) isIdentical(Structure)
isIdentical(Vector) isIdentical(Void) isInside(BitVector) isInside(Dictionary)
isInside(Directory) isInside(IntVector) isInside(List) isInside(Matrix)
isInside(NumMatrix) isInside(NumVector) isInside(ObjVector) isInside(Pair)
isInside(ShortVector) isInside(Structure) isInside(Vector) isIntegerVector(IntVector)
isInteger(Integer) isMatrix(Matrix) isMember(BitVector) isMember(Dictionary)
isMember(Directory) isMember(IntVector) isMember(List) isMember(Matrix)
isMember(NumMatrix) isMember(NumVector) isMember(ObjVector) isMember(Pair)
isMember(ShortVector) isMember(Structure) isMember(Vector) isMoney(Number)
isNumberMatrix(NumMatrix) isNumberVector(NumVector) isNumber(Number) isObjectVector(ObjVector)
isObject(BitVector) isObject(Brick) isObject(ByteVector) isObject(Dictionary)
isObject(Directory) isObject(FltVector) isObject(IntVector) isObject(List)
isObject(Matrix) isObject(NumMatrix) isObject(NumVector) isObject(ObjVector)
isObject(Pair) isObject(PcodeVector) isObject(ShortVector) isObject(String)
isObject(Structure) isObject(Symbol) isObject(Vector) isPair(List)
isPair(Pair) isPcodeVector(PcodeVector) isString(String) isStructure(Structure)
isSymbol(Symbol) isText(String) isType(BitVector) isType(Boolean)
isType(Brick) isType(Character) isType(Complex) isType(Date)
isType(Dictionary) isType(Directory) isType(FltVector) isType(Function)
isType(IntVector) isType(Matrix) isType(NumMatrix) isType(NumVector)
isType(Number) isType(ObjVector) isType(ObjectRepository) isType(Pair)
isType(ShortVector) isType(String) isType(Structure) isType(Symbol)
isType(Vector) isType(Void) isVector(Vector) length(BitVector)
length(Brick) length(Dictionary) length(Directory) length(FltVector)
length(IntVector) length(List) length(Matrix) length(NumMatrix)
length(NumVector) length(ObjVector) length(ObjectRepository) length(Pair)
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member(Directory) member(IntVector) member(List) member(Matrix)
member(NumMatrix) member(NumVector) member(ObjVector) member(ShortVector)
member(Structure) member(Vector) methodsOf(BitVector) methodsOf(Boolean)
methodsOf(Brick) methodsOf(Character) methodsOf(Complex) methodsOf(Date)
methodsOf(Dictionary) methodsOf(Directory) methodsOf(FltVector) methodsOf(Function)
methodsOf(IntVector) methodsOf(List) methodsOf(Matrix) methodsOf(NumMatrix)
methodsOf(NumVector) methodsOf(Number) methodsOf(ObjVector) methodsOf(ObjectRepository)
methodsOf(Pair) methodsOf(PcodeVector) methodsOf(ShortVector) methodsOf(String)
methodsOf(Structure) methodsOf(Symbol) methodsOf(Vector) methodsOf(Void)
money(Number) new(BitVector) new(Brick) new(ByteVector)
new(CpxVector) new(Dictionary) new(Directory) new(FltVector)
new(IntVector) new(Lambda) new(Matrix) new(NumMatrix)
new(NumVector) new(ObjVector) new(ObjectRepository) new(PcodeVector)
new(ShortVector) new(String) new(Structure) new(Symbol)
new(Vector) number(Number) openLog(FileIO) openLog(String)
pair(Pair) parse(String) proplist(Symbol) proprecord(Symbol)
putprop(Symbol) ref(BitVector) ref(Boolean) ref(Brick)
ref(Character) ref(Complex) ref(Date) ref(Dictionary)
ref(Directory) ref(FltVector) ref(Function) ref(IntVector)
ref(Lambda) ref(List) ref(Matrix) ref(NumMatrix)
ref(NumVector) ref(Number) ref(ObjVector) ref(ObjectRepository)
ref(PcodeVector) ref(ShortVector) ref(String) ref(Structure)
ref(Symbol) ref(Vector) ref(Void) remProp(Symbol)
remove(BitVector) remove(Dictionary) remove(Directory) remove(IntVector)
remove(Matrix) remove(NumMatrix) remove(NumVector) remove(ObjVector)
remove(ShortVector) remove(Structure) remove(Vector) rename(ObjectRepository)
saveObject(ByteVector) saveObject(Integer) saveRepository(ObjectRepository) send(BitVector)
send(Boolean) send(Brick) send(Character) send(CpxVector)
send(Date) send(Dictionary) send(Directory) send(FltVector)
send(Function) send(IntVector) send(Lambda) send(List)
send(Matrix) send(NumMatrix) send(NumVector) send(Number)
send(ObjectRepository) send(Pair) send(ShortVector) send(String)
send(Structure) send(Symbol) send(Vector) send(Void)
setCar(List) setCar(Pair) setCdr(BitVector) setCdr(Brick)
setCdr(Dictionary) setCdr(Directory) setCdr(FltVector) setCdr(IntVector)
setCdr(List) setCdr(Matrix) setCdr(NumMatrix) setCdr(NumVector)
setCdr(ObjVector) setCdr(Pair) setCdr(ShortVector) setCdr(Structure)
setCdr(Vector) setLastCdr(BitVector) setLastCdr(FltVector) setLastCdr(IntVector)
setLastCdr(List) setLastCdr(Matrix) setLastCdr(NumMatrix) setLastCdr(NumVector)
setLastCdr(ObjVector) setLastCdr(Structure) setLastCdr(Vector) set(ObjectRepository)
setf(ObjectRepository) setq(BitVector) setq(Boolean) setq(Brick)
setq(Character) setq(Date) setq(Dictionary) setq(Directory)
setq(FltVector) setq(IntVector) setq(Lambda) setq(List)
setq(Matrix) setq(NumVector) setq(Number) setq(ObjVector)
setq(ObjectRepository) setq(PcodeVector) setq(ShortVector) setq(String)
setq(Structure) setq(Symbol) setq(Vector) setq(Void)
sizeof(BitVector) sizeof(Boolean) sizeof(Brick) sizeof(ByteVector)
sizeof(Character) sizeof(Complex) sizeof(Date) sizeof(Dictionary)
sizeof(Directory) sizeof(FltVector) sizeof(Function) sizeof(IntVector)
sizeof(List) sizeof(Matrix) sizeof(NumMatrix) sizeof(NumVector)
sizeof(Number) sizeof(ObjVector) sizeof(ObjectRepository) sizeof(Pair)
sizeof(PcodeVector) sizeof(ShortVector) sizeof(String) sizeof(Structure)
sizeof(Symbol) sizeof(Vector) sizeof(Void) string(Complex)
string(String) svmRegression(Vector) symbol(Symbol) type(BitVector)
type(Boolean) type(Brick) type(ByteVector) type(Character)
type(Complex) type(Date) type(Dictionary) type(Directory)
type(FltVector) type(Function) type(IntVector) type(Lambda)
type(Matrix) type(NumMatrix) type(NumVector) type(Number)
type(ObjVector) type(ObjectRepository) type(Pair) type(PcodeVector)
type(ShortVector) type(String) type(Structure) type(Symbol)
type(Vector) type(Void) uniqueInsert(FltVector) uniqueInsert(IntVector)
uniqueInsert(Matrix) uniqueInsert(NumMatrix) uniqueInsert(NumVector) uniqueInsert(ObjVector)
uniqueInsert(ShortVector) uniqueInsert(Structure) uniqueInsert(Vector) vectorFill(BitVector)
vectorFill(FltVector) vectorFill(IntVector) vectorFill(Matrix) vectorFill(NumMatrix)
vectorFill(NumVector) vectorFill(ObjVector) vectorFill(ShortVector) vectorFill(Vector)
writeln(ByteVector) writeln(String) writeln(Text)

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