Function Reference

EnvGet

Retrieves an environment variable.

EnvGet ( "envvariable" )

Parameters

envvariable Name of the environment variable to get such as "TEMP" or "PATH".

Return Value

Returns the requested variable (or an empty string if the variable does not exist).

Related

EnvSet, EnvUpdate

Example

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
        ; Retrieve the value of the environment variable %APPDATA%.
        ; When you assign or retrieve an envorinment variable you do so minus the percentage signs (%).
        Local $sEnvVar = EnvGet("APPDATA")

        ; Display the value of the environment variable %APPDATA%.
        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The environment variable %APPDATA% has the value of: " & @CRLF & @CRLF & $sEnvVar) ; This returns the same value as the macro @AppDataDir does.
EndFunc   ;==>Example