*metadata_string()
Creates string metadata in HMASCII format.
Syntax
*metadata_string (entity_type,entity_id,"name","value")
Type
HyperMesh HMASCII
Description
Creates string metadata in HMASCII format.
Inputs
- entity_type
- An integer indicating the type of entity the metadata is attached to. A value of undef indicates attachment to the database itself.
- entity_id
- The ID of the entity the metadata is attached to. Ignored if entity_type is undef.
- name
- The name by which the metadata will be referenced.
- value
- The string value assigned to the metadata.
Example
To create string metadata attached to element ID 100, with name "my-string" and the value abc:
*metadata_string(2,100,"my-string","abc")
Errors
Incorrect usage results in an import error.