msg_get_severity()

Get severity information for a message.

Syntax

msg_get_severity(message_ID)

Parameter

Parameter	Definition
message_ID	integer that identifies a message whose severity you want to retrieve

Description

The msg_get_severity() function returns an integer that indicates the severity of a message. This function gets the severity from the message catalog, which stores a severity for each message. The following list shows return values for msg_get_severity().

Return Value	Description
1	INFO
2	WARNING
3	ERROR
4	FATAL
-1	could not retrieve severity

Note

This function provides support for internationalized PSL scripts. For more information about internationalization, see Internationalized-PSL-Scripts.

Example

The following example shows a sample message catalog:

VENDOR_ID 1
VENDOR BMC Software
TOOL_ID 23
TOOL PATROL Demo
VERSION 1.0
DATE 13-Mar-1997
#----------------------------------------------------
ID 2 DEMO_GREET INFO CURRENT
MESSAGE "G'Day %s, how's your %s?\n"

The following example of the msg_get_severity() function uses the preceding message catalog:

print("Severity=", msg_get_severity(DEMO_GREET));

The previous command produce the following output:

Severity=1