• <Helps for GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
      • Statement Format Symbols
      • Alphabetical List of Functions and Statements
      • List of Reserved Words
      • Deprecated Features
      • Declaration Statements
      • Array Object
      • Audio Object
      • Barcode and QR Codes
      • Document Object
      • File Object
      • Freq Object
      • Geometry Object
      • HashMap Object
      • Image Object
      • List Object
      • Map Object
      • Path
      • Pff Object
      • SystemApp Object
      • ValueSet Object
      • Program Control Statements
      • Assignment Statements
      • Data Entry Statements and Functions
      • Batch Edit Statements
      • Numeric Functions
      • String Functions
      • Multiple Occurrence Functions
      • General Functions
      • Date and Time Functions
      • External File Functions
        • Clear Function
        • Close Function
        • CountCases Function
        • CurrentKey Function
        • DelCase Function
        • DirCreate Function
        • DirDelete Function
        • DirExist Function
        • DirList Function
        • FileConcat Function
        • FileCopy Function
        • FileCreate Function
        • FileDelete Function
        • FileEmpty Function
        • FileExist Function
        • FileName Function
        • FileRead Function
        • FileRename Function
        • FileSize Function
        • FileTime Function
        • FileWrite Function
        • Find Function
        • Key Function
        • KeyList Function
        • LoadCase Function
        • Locate Function
        • NMembers Function
        • Open Function
        • Retrieve Function
        • Set Access Statement
        • SetFile Function
        • Set First Statement
        • Set Last Statement
        • Write Function
        • WriteCase Function
      • Synchronization Functions
      • Export Attributes
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Appendix
  • <Helps for CSEntry>
  • <Helps for CSBatch>
  • <Helps for CSTab>
  • <Helps for DataViewer>
  • <Helps for TextView>
  • <Helps for TblView>
  • <Helps for TRSWin>
  • <Helps for CSDeploy>
  • <Helps for CSPack>
  • <Helps for CSFreq>
  • <Helps for CSSort>
  • <Helps for CSExport>
  • <Helps for CSReFmt>
  • <Helps for CSDiff>
  • <Helps for CSConcat>
  • <Helps for TRSSetup>
  • <Helps for ParadataViewer>
  • <Helps for ParadataConcat>
  • <Helps for CSIndex>
  • <Helps for Excel2CSPro>
  • <Helps for CSWeb>

NMembers Function

Format
i = nmembers(dictionary_name ʃmark_typeʅ);
Description
The nmembers function returns the number of cases selected by an operator during a selcase function call.
The dictionary_name must be supplied and refers to an external dictionary associated with your application. An optional argument, mark_type, indicates what kinds of cases to process, and can be one of the following values:
mark_typeDescription
markedProcess only the cases selected by the operator during the selcase function call.
unmarkedProcess the cases not selected by the operator.
allProcess all of the cases that could have been selected by the operator.
If not specified, the mark_type defaults to marked.
Return Value
The function returns the number of cases that are described by the mark_type query.
Example
while 1 do

   
selcase(OCCUPATION_DICT,"Plantation") multiple;

   
if nmembers(OCCUPATION_DICT) < 3 then
       
errmsg("You must select at least three options.");

   
else
       
break;

   
endif;

enddo;
See also: SelCase Function, For (Dictionary) Statement