$Screen attr

Get screen attributes as blank-delimited string

This function returns the attributes of a screen item as a blank-delimited string. It can be useful for passing the attributes of a screen to another application, perhaps running on a different platform.

Syntax

%string = $Screen_atta(scr_item)

Syntax terms

%string	This string value contains a blak-separated list of attributes for the requested screen item.
scr_item	The screen item for which attributes are to be returned. This can be a variable of the form %screen:item or a screen item name variable of the form :%string.

Examples

1. This code fragment displays the attributes of screen item bar in screen foo:

   print $screen_attr(%foo:bar)