SAMEFIELD function

The SAMEFIELD field function tells you whether two field references point to the same target.

SYNTAX

SAMEFIELD returns a BOOLEAN value indicating whether two field references point to the same target. If they do, SAMEFIELD returns TRUE; otherwise SAMEFIELD returns FALSE.

For example:
DECLARE ref1 REFERENCE TO OutputRoot.XMLNS.Invoice.Purchases.Item[1];
MOVE ref1 NEXTSIBLING;
SET Result = SAMEFIELD(ref1,OutputRoot.XMLNS.Invoice.Purchases.Item[2]);
Result is TRUE.

See Creating dynamic field references for information about dynamic references.

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