Other Keywords

short

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] short function-or-property-name [of variant]

Example

get the short date

Description

The short 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 shortened form. The best example of this is the date function.

See Also

abbreviated, long, English