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Function 'weekday'

This function returns the day of the week for a certain date. Monday is defined as "1", Sunday is defined as "7".

Syntax:

{INT_VAR}= weekday({DAT_EXPR})

I/O parameters:

	{DAT_EXPR}	Date
	-

Return value:

{INT_VAR}

Day (1=Monday)

Example:

Declaration of Variables

 10 DOCU_STRING_1 = date()	
 20 DOCU_INT_1 = weekday(DOCU_STRING_1)	
 30 if ( DOCU_INT_1==1)	
 40   DOCU_STRING_2 = "Monday"	
 50 elseif ( DOCU_INT_1==2 )	
 60   DOCU_STRING_2 = "Tuesday"	
 70 elseif ( DOCU_INT_1==3 )	
 80   DOCU_STRING_2 = "Wednesday"	
 90 elseif ( DOCU_INT_1==4 )	
100   DOCU_STRING_2 = "Thursday"	
110 elseif ( DOCU_INT_1==5 )	
120   DOCU_STRING_2 = "Friday"	
130 else	
140   DOCU_STRING_2 = "Weekend"	
150   endif	
170 put(strcat("Today is ",DOCU_STRING_1,". 
                      It is ",DOCU_STRING_2,"."))

Result:

Functions and commands: Date and Time