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recorda(+Key, ?Value)
Records the term Value before all other entries for key Key in the record database.
- Key
- An atom, compound term, or handle.
- Value
- An arbitrary term.
Description
Used to record an arbitrary term Value at the beginning of the record
database entry associated with the key Key. In the case of compound
terms, all keys of the same name and arity are treated as equal.
If backtracking occurs through the call of recorda/2 the associated
Value is not removed from the record database.
Modes and Determinism
Modules
This predicate is sensitive to its module context (tool predicate, see @/2).
Exceptions
- (4) instantiation fault
- Key is not instantiated.
- (5) type error
- Key is neither atom, compound term, nor record handle.
Examples
Success:
recorda(a(compound,term),value1).
recorda([a,compound,term],value2).
[eclipse]: recorda(whiskey,jameson),
> recorda(whiskey,bushmills),
> recorda(whiskey,glenlivet).
yes.
[eclipse]: recorded(whiskey,Value).
Value = glenlivet More (;)
Value = bushmills More (;)
Value = jameson More (;)
no (more) solution.
Error:
recorda(Key, anything). (Error 4)
recorda("key",anything). (Error 5)
See Also
record / 2, recordz / 2