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‎CHEAT.md renamed to ‎COSQuickRef.md

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# Cheat sheet
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Some most encountered COS expressions
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# Caché ObjectScript Quick Reference
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A list of some common ObjectScript expressions
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## Object/SQL Basics
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| Save an object | `Set status = object.%Save()` |
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| Retrieve the ID of a saved object | `Set id = object.%Id()` |
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| Retrieve the OID of a saved object | `Set oid = object.%Oid()` |
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| Determine if an object was modified | `Set variable = object.%IsModified()` |
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| Validate an object without saving | `Set status = object.%ValidateObject()` |
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| Validate a property without saving | `Set status = ##class(package.class).PropertyIsValid(object.Property)` |
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| Print status after error | `Do $system.Status.DisplayError(status)`<br>`Zwrite status` (v2012.2+) |
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| Clone an object | `Set clonedObject = object.%ConstructClone()` |
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| Write a property | `Write object.property` |
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| Set a property | `Set object.property = value` |
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| Write a class parameter | `Write ##class(package.class).#PARAMETER` |
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| Set a serial (embedded) property | `Set object.property.embeddedProperty = value` |
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| Link two objects | `Set object1.referenceProperty = object2` |
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| Populate a class | `Do ##class(package.class).Populate(count, verbose)` |
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| Find classname of an object | `Write $classname(oref)` |
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| Start the SQL shell | `Do $system.SQL.Shell()` |
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| Test a class query | `Do ##class(%ResultSet).RunQuery(class, query)` |
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| Declare a variable's type for Studio Assist | `#dim object as package.class` |
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## ObjectScript Commands
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| Command | Description |
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| `Write` | Display text strings, value of variable or expression. |
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| `Zwrite` | Display array, list string, bit string.
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| `Set` | Set value of variable. |
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| `Do` | Execute method, procedure, or routine. |
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| `Quit` or `Return` (v2013.1) | Terminate method, procedure, or routine. Optionally return value to calling method. |
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| `Continue` | Stop current loop iteration, and continue looping. |
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| `Halt` | Stop Caché process and close Terminal. |
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| `Kill` | Destroy variable(s). |
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| `If {} ElseIf {} Else {}` | Evaluate conditions and branch. |
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| `For {}`, `While {}`, `Do {} While` | Execute block of code repeatedly. |
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| `Try {} Catch {}`, `Throw` | Handle errors. |
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## ObjectScript Functions
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## ObjectScript Date/Time Functions and Special Variables
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| Time conversion (internal → external) | `Set variable = $zt(internalTime, format)` |
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| Display current internal date/time string | `Write $horolog` |
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| Display UTC date/time string | `Write $ztimestamp` |
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| Display length of a string | `Write $length(string)` |
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## ObjectScript Branching Functions
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| Action | Code |
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| Display result for value of expression | `Write $case(expression, value1:result1, value2:result2, …, :resultN)` |
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| Display result for first true condition | `Write $select(condition1:result1, condition2:result2, …, 1:resultN)` |
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## ObjectScript String Functions
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| Display substring extracted from string | `Write $extract(string, start, end)` |
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| Display right-justified string within width characters | `Write $justify(string, width)` |
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| Display length of string | `Write $length(string)` |
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| Display number of delimited pieces in string | `Write $length(string, delimiter)` |
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| Display piece from delimited string | `Write $piece(string, delimiter, pieceNumber)` |
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| Set piece into delimited string | `Set $piece(string, delimiter, pieceNumber) = piece` |
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| Display string after replacing substring | `Write $replace(string, subString, replaceString)`|
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| Display reversed string | `Write $reverse(string)` |
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| Display string after replacing characters | `Write $translate(string, searchChars, replaceChars)` |
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| Build a list | `Set listString = $listbuild(list items, separated by comma)` |
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| Retrieve an item from a list | `Set variable = $list(listString, position)` |
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| Put item into list string | `Set $list(listString, position) = substring` |
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| Display the length of a list | `Write $listlength(listString)` |
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## ObjectScript Existence Functions
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| Check if variable exists | `Write $data(variable)` |
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| Return value of variable, or default If undefined | `Write $get(variable, default)` |
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| Return next valid subscript in array | `Write $order(array(subscript))` |
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## Additional ObjectScript Functions
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| Increment ^global by increment | `$increment(^global, increment)` <br> `$sequence(^global, increment)` |
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| Match a regular expression | `Set matches = $match(string, regularexpression)` |
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| Display random integer from start to start+count | `Write $random(count) + start` |
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| Check if variable exists | `Write $data(variable)` |
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| Return value of variable, or "" If undefined | `Write $get(variable)` |
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## ObjectScript Special Variables
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| Display process ID | `Write $job` |
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| Display current namespace | `Write $namespace` |
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| Change current namespace | `Set $namespace = newnamespace` |
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| Display username | `Write $username` |
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| Display roles | `Write $roles` |
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## Utilities
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| Change current namespace | `Do ^%CD` <br> `zn "newnamespace"` |
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| Display a ^global | `Do ^%G` <br> `zwrite ^global` |
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## Cheat sheet
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For COS cheat sheet refer [here](COSQuickRef.md).
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## Mandatory part
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