TEXTEVAL (System Variable)

 
 
 

Controls how text strings entered with TEXT (using AutoLISP) or with -TEXT are evaluated.

Type: Integer
Saved in: Not-saved
Initial value: 0

Value

Description

0

All responses to prompts for text strings and attribute values are taken literally.

1

All text starting from an open parenthesis [(] or an exclamation mark [!] is evaluated as an AutoLISP expression, as for nontextual input.

By default, the TEXT command takes all input literally regardless of the setting of TEXTEVAL unless it is executed completely with a script or AutoLISP expression. At the Command prompt, the -TEXT command honors the setting of TEXTEVAL.

NOTE:In AutoCAD LT, the TEXT command takes all input literally regardless of the setting of TEXTEVAL unless it is executed completely with a script. At the Command prompts, the -TEXT command honors the setting of TEXTEVAL.