syntax:

getAttributes(variable)

where:

variable - a variable identifier, name.

return:

number - representing the attributes set for a variable. If no attributes are set, the return is 0. See global.setAttributes() for a list of predefined constants for the attributes that a variable may have.

description:

Gets and returns the variable attributes for the parameter variable. Variable attributes may be set using the function setAttributes(). See global.setAttributes() for more information and descriptions of the attributes of variables that can be set.

see:

global.setAttributes()