@getdatabaseentitytypename()
Gets the type name of an entity from its index.
Syntax
@getdatabaseentitytypename (index)
Type
HyperMesh Template Function
Description
This function is used to get the HyperMesh entity type name corresponding to index, where index is a value between 1 and globalentitytypesmax (both inclusive).
Example
The following code prints all HyperMesh entity type names by calling the function @getdatabaseentitytypename for every valid index:
*text()
*string("--------------List of entity types---------------")
*end()
*string(" Index HM entity type name ")
*end()
*string("-------------------------------------------------")
*end()
*counterset(counter1,1)
*loopif([counter1 <= globalentitytypesmax])
*string(" ")
*field(integer,counter1,0)
*string(" ")
*if([counter1 < 10])
*string(" ")
*endif()
*field(string,[@getdatabaseentitytypename(counter1)],0)
*end()
*counterinc(counter1)
*endloop()
*string("-------------------------------------------------")
*end()
*output()
Errors
If an error occurs in the execution of this command during export, the export is stopped at that point with an error message.