ORDINALPRED Function[1]

Purpose

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Returns an ordinal of the same type as ordinal x, and that is equivalent to the next lower value possible for ordinal x.

Syntax

ORDINALPRED(x)

Parameter

x: A reference of ordinal type.

Example

Using the ORDINAL definitions from the examples in the DEFINE ORDINAL topic:

course = Geometry;

     put skip list (ORDINALNAME(course));               /* GEOMETRY */
     put skip list (BINARYVALUE(course));               /* 102 */
     put skip list (BINARYVALUE(ORDINALPRED(course)));  /* 101 */
     put skip list (BINARYVALUE(ORDINALSUCC(course)));  /* 301 */

Restrictions

None.