The CONTAINING function is a relationship function. It finds occurrences that have a CONTAINING relationship between them. In its most common form, the function format is as follows: CONTAINING( <containee>, <container>, DEPTH={<number> | ALL} ) In this format, <containee> and <container> can be any legal query expression, and <number> is a positive integer. Some examples will help you understand the CONTAINING 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 CONTAINING( D, *, DEPTH=1 ) 2. FIND CONTAINING( C, *, DEPTH=1 ) 3. FIND CONTAINING( D, *, DEPTH=2 ) The first query returns D (the containee), and C (the container). Similarly, the second query returns C and B. The third query returns D, C and B. Now consider the following 2 queries: 4. FIND CONTAINING( D, A, DEPTH=ALL ) 5. FIND CONTAINING( D, A, DEPTH=2 ) Query four returns D (the containee), C (because it is on the path to A), B (because it is on the path) and A (which is the container being looked for). The fifth query does not return anything because A 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 CONTAINING function to determine nesting. The CONTAINING function provides the power to return the exact nesting structure you want. The full format is as follows: CONTAINING( [ END=<containee> ], [ BEGIN=<container> ], [ 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 CONTAINING relationship, see the on-line help file SCACOMMANDS.