The CONTAINED_BY function is a relationship function. It finds occurrences that have a CONTAINED_BY relationship between them. In its most common form, the function format is as follows: CONTAINED_BY( <container>, <containee>, DEPTH={<number> | ALL} ) In this format, <container> and <containee> can be any legal query expression, and <number> is a positive integer. Some examples will help you understand this function. The diagram that follows applies to these examples. A (module) +-------------------------+ | | | B (routine) | | +-------------------+ | | | | | | | C (routine) | | | | +-------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | D (variable)| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-------------+ | | | | | | | +-------------------+ | | | | E (variable) | | | +-------------------------+ Consider the following queries: 1. FIND CONTAINED_BY( A, *, DEPTH=1 ) 2. FIND CONTAINED_BY( C, *, DEPTH=1 ) 3. FIND CONTAINED_BY( A, *, DEPTH=2 ) The first query returns A (the container), B (a containee), and E (a containee). Similarly, the second query returns C and D. The third query returns A, B, and C and E. The D variable is NOT included because it is not reachable at a depth of two. Now consider the following two queries: 4. FIND CONTAINED_BY( A, D, DEPTH=ALL ) 5. FIND CONTAINED_BY( A, D, DEPTH=2 ) Query four returns A (the container), B (because it is on the path to D), C (becasue it is on the path) and D (which is the containee being searched for). The fifth query does not return anything because the D variable cannot be reached at a depth of two. Where a container begins and ends is determined by the language syntax. These boundaries are reported to SCA by the compiler and used by the CONTAINED_BY function to determine nesting. The CONTAINED_BY function provides the power to return the exact nesting structure you want. The full format is as follows: CONTAINED_BY( [ END=<container> ], [ BEGIN=<containee> ], [ DEPTH={<number> | ALL} ], [ RESULT=RESULT_KEYWORD ], [ TRACE=query_expression ] ) In the previous format, <containee> and <container> is any legal query expression, <number> is a positive integer, RESULT_KEYWORD can be STRUCTURE, NOSTRUCTURE, ANY_PATH, BEGIN, or END, and QUERY_ EXPRESSION is any legal query expression. For a full description of the CONTAINED_BY relationship, see the on-line help file SCACOMMANDS. See also the help topic for the IN function, which is similar to the CONTAINED_BY relationship.