SET MACROS

Purpose

Enable or disable & macro substitution

Syntax

SET MACROS ON | OFF | (<expL>)

See Also

&, SET EMACROS, TEXT

Description

If SET MACROS is ON, then & macros are substituted when command lines are read. If SET MACROS is OFF, then no macro substitution is performed. This command can be used to marginally accelerate program execution. Also, macros are normally substituted in the TEXT ... ENDTEXT command. Setting MACROS OFF disables this. See the & function for more details concerning macro substitution. By default MACROS is ON, so macro substitution is performed.

& macro substitution is also supported in the Command Window, Console Workspace and Console Tab in the App Inspector from v4.1.

Example

set macros off
text
The & command is used to perform
macro substitution of the contents
of memory variables.
endtext
set macros on