In contrast to the various [[ functions, this is guaranteed to look only within the metadata slot. If the named item is not found, NULL is returned.

oceGetMetadata(object, name)

Arguments

object

an oce object.

name

String indicating the name of the item to be found.

See also

Other things related to the metadata slot: oceDeleteMetadata(), oceRenameMetadata(), oceSetMetadata()

Author

Dan Kelley