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Single-Element Function Input Arguments

The following table lists the input arguments for single-element functions.

 
The name of the Rational Statemate element. It can be an element name, path name, or synonym, including the chart name, (for example, K:L.M).
stm_element_name, stm_short_name, or stm_pathname
The value that Rational Statemate uses to identify each element in the database. Rational Statemate assigns a unique ID to every element.
The name of an attribute defined in the form for a Rational Statemate element (in the Attribute field).
The string of text appearing in the long description attached to the specified Rational Statemate element. This string represents the beginning of the portion of the long description that you want to extract from the database.
The string of text appearing in the long description attached to the specified element. This string represents the end of the portion of the long description that you want to extract from the database.
The path name of a system file. Long descriptions (and portions thereof) are copied to the system file specified in this argument. Information is copied to a file as follows:
If you specify a directory name and file name, the text is copied to this file.
If you specify neither a directory name nor a file name (you pass an empty string, "", as the argument), the file is written to the /tmp directory.