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## what

Print out information about what material is in the current selection. Short summary.

### Shortcuts:

> Key macro / (slash) implements the command what.

### Usage:

> what [-list]

### Summary:

> The what command queries what material is in the current selection. This includes a report on layers, labels, and subcell instances that are selected.

> In the Tcl version of magic, the -list option returns the result as a Tcl list containing three sub-lists. The first sub-list contains the types found, the second contains the labels found, and the third contains the subcells found. Each label in the second sub-list is itself a list of three items: The label text, the layer the label is attached to, and the cell def containing the label. Each subcell in the third sub-list is itself a list of two items: The subcell instance ID name, and the cell definition name.

### Implementation Notes:

> what is implemented as a built-in command in magic.

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Last updated: October 15, 2004 at 6:25am