gentag(3G) — IRIX 6.5.3f



gentag(3G)                                                          gentag(3G)



NAME
     gentag - returns a unique integer for use as a tag

C SPECIFICATION
     Tag gentag()

PARAMETERS
     none

FUNCTION RETURN VALUE
     The returned value for this function is a tag number.

DESCRIPTION
     gentag generates a unique integer to use as a tag.  Tags must be unique
     within an object.  Although gentag generates unique tags, if you later
     define a tag with the same value, the first tag is lost.

SEE ALSO
     genobj, istag

NOTE
     This routine is available only in immediate mode.

































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