$start

Purpose

Check if the referenced node has a left sibling in the parse tree.

Syntax

returnedBoolean = variableType("$start"[, number])

returnedBoolean - type: bool
variableType - type: N or X
number - type: int

Returns

Evaluates to 0 if the node has a left sibling and 1 if the referenced node does not have a left sibling.

Remarks

Example

@RULES

@@RULES

See Also

$end, Special Variables