getScreen

getScreen ()

Returns the contents of the console screen as an array of strings. Each item in the array is one line on the screen.

Parameters:

This function takes no parameters.

Returns:

An array of strings with the text of the console.

Example

The following examines the screen and returns the scroll mode.

function reportScreenMode()

lines = getScreen()

// The mode line on a z/OS console looks like:

// IEE163I MODE= RD

// it is the last line of the console

// Use a regular expression to pull out the word after the MODE= // fragment.

statusLine = lines[lines.size() - 1]

results = regex(statusLine, '^.*MODE=//s*(//S.*)$')

newmsg = createMessage('Mode is ' & results.GROUPS[0]) sendMessageToAllViewers(newmsg)

return results.groups[0]

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