StIsEmpty

Syntax

StIsEmpty();

Description

StoryTeller tool function. It checks whether an object is empty or not. The meaning of empty depends on the object, as follows:

 

Object	...is empty if...
Composition Center Section	No fragment is returned for the section.
Substitution, Text object, Story frame	It contains no text, commands, or layout objects, and all content objects are empty.
Table row	No cell in the row contains text, commands, or layout objects, and all content objects are empty.
Table	Table has no body rows, or alla body rows are empty.
Page	No Story frames on the page contains text, commands, or layout objects, and all content objects are empty.

Returns

bool	Returns true if the content of an object is empty, for example an empty substitution.

Example

$boolean = StIsEmpty();