GetTokenName(string)

Description

The GetTokenName Lua function returns a string with the full keyword based on the short version string input or nil if there is no corresponding keyword.

Arguments

• String:
  The string input should correspond to a short version of a keyword.

Return

• String:
  A string with the full keyword is returned.

- OR -

• Nil:
  If there is no corresponding keyword, then nil is returned.

Example

This example returns the full keyword matching the short "seq" string:

return function()
    -- Store a short string to be used as input
    local shortToken = 'seq'
    -- Get the full token name
    local tokenName = GetTokenName(shortToken)
    -- Print useful output if nil is not returned
    if tokenName ~= nil then
        Printf("The full version of '".. shortToken .. "' is '" .. tokenName .. "'")
    end
end