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+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\"
+'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
+'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+'\" 
+'\" SCCS: @(#) ExprLongObj.3 1.6 97/06/26 13:41:12
+'\" 
+.so man.macros
+.TH Tcl_ExprLongObj 3 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
+.BS
+.SH NAME
+Tcl_ExprLongObj, Tcl_ExprDoubleObj, Tcl_ExprBooleanObj, Tcl_ExprObj \- evaluate an expression
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_ExprLongObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, longPtr\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_ExprDoubleObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, doublePtr\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_ExprBooleanObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, booleanPtr\fR)
+.sp
+int
+\fBTcl_ExprObj\fR(\fIinterp, objPtr, resultPtrPtr\fR)
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.AS Tcl_Interp *resultPtrPtr out
+.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
+Interpreter in whose context to evaluate \fIstring\fR or \fIobjPtr\fR.
+.AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in
+Pointer to an object containing the expression to evaluate.
+.AP long *longPtr out
+Pointer to location in which to store the integer value of the
+expression.
+.AP int *doublePtr out
+Pointer to location in which to store the floating-point value of the
+expression.
+.AP int *booleanPtr out
+Pointer to location in which to store the 0/1 boolean value of the
+expression.
+.AP Tcl_Obj *resultPtrPtr out
+Pointer to location in which to store a pointer to the object
+that is the result of the expression.
+.BE
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+These four procedures all evaluate an expression, returning
+the result in one of four different forms.
+The expression is given by the \fIobjPtr\fR argument, and it
+can have any of the forms accepted by the \fBexpr\fR command.
+.PP
+The \fIinterp\fR argument refers to an interpreter used to
+evaluate the expression (e.g. for variables and nested Tcl
+commands) and to return error information.
+.PP
+For all of these procedures the return value is a standard
+Tcl result: \fBTCL_OK\fR means the expression was successfully
+evaluated, and \fBTCL_ERROR\fR means that an error occurred while
+evaluating the expression.
+If \fBTCL_ERROR\fR is returned,
+then a message describing the error
+can be retrieved using \fBTcl_GetObjResult\fR.
+If an error occurs while executing a Tcl command embedded in
+the expression then that error will be returned.
+.PP
+If the expression is successfully evaluated, then its value is
+returned in one of four forms, depending on which procedure
+is invoked.
+\fBTcl_ExprLongObj\fR stores an integer value at \fI*longPtr\fR.
+If the expression's actual value is a floating-point number,
+then it is truncated to an integer.
+If the expression's actual value is a non-numeric string then
+an error is returned.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_ExprDoubleObj\fR stores a floating-point value at \fI*doublePtr\fR.
+If the expression's actual value is an integer, it is converted to
+floating-point.
+If the expression's actual value is a non-numeric string then
+an error is returned.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_ExprBooleanObj\fR stores a 0/1 integer value at \fI*booleanPtr\fR.
+If the expression's actual value is an integer or floating-point
+number, then they store 0 at \fI*booleanPtr\fR if
+the value was zero and 1 otherwise.
+If the expression's actual value is a non-numeric string then
+it must be one of the values accepted by \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR
+such as ``yes'' or ``no'', or else an error occurs.
+.PP
+If \fBTcl_ExprObj\fR successfully evaluates the expression,
+it stores a pointer to the Tcl object
+containing the expression's value at \fI*resultPtrPtr\fR.
+In this case, the caller is responsible for calling
+\fBTcl_DecrRefCount\fR to decrement the object's reference count
+when it is finished with the object.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+Tcl_ExprLong, Tcl_ExprDouble, Tcl_ExprBoolean, Tcl_ExprString, Tcl_GetObjResult
+
+.SH KEYWORDS
+boolean, double, evaluate, expression, integer, object, string