Other Keywords

long

Supported By

XION Scripting Language Standard (1.0)
OpenXION (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
OpenXION Base (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
HyperTalk (2.2)

Applies To

Functions and properties

Syntax

[the] long function-or-property-name [of variant]

Example

get the long date

Description

The long keyword is a modifier that appears before a function call or property descriptor. It tells the function or property getter that the resulting value should be in a long form. The best example of this is the date function.