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Deferred Function

Relevance:

Variable occurrences within this function do not contribute towards the overall relevance of those variables.

Consequently, such variables must occur in at least one other context for them to be considered relevant.

Description:

Test if the variable is deferred.

Returns true if the variable's value is deferred, and returns false otherwise.

note

This function is non-evaluable if the variable does not exist in the dictionary.

Returns:

Boolean

Parameter:

Parameter	Data Type	Description
1	Any	The name of the variable.

Examples:

Expression	Result
Deferred( Var ) where the value of Var has been deferred	true
Deferred( Var ) where Var's value has not been deferred and is unknown	false
Deferred( Var ) where Var's value has not been deferred and is known	false