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Syntax

lookfor(a)

lookfor(a, 'all')

c = lookfor(a)

c = lookfor(a, 'all')

Description

Searches for all occurrences of the string a in the help topics for all MathScript functions and in all .m files in the MathScript search path. This function does not search the help topics for any MathScript functions available in LabVIEW toolkits you have installed.

Details

Examples

Inputs

Name	Description
a	Specifies a string that represents a keyword.
'all'	Directs LabVIEW to search the entire help topic for each function and the entire contents of each .m file. If you do not specify 'all', this function searches only the first line of the help topic for each function and the first comment line of each .m file.

Outputs

Name	Description
c	Returns a string that contains the matches LabVIEW finds.

Details

This function is not supported in the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine. Do not use this function in a stand-alone application or shared library.

Examples

lookfor('sinh')

lookfor('sinh', 'all')

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