Name: commandNames

Type: function

Syntax: the commandNames

Syntax: commandNames()

Summary:

<return|Returns> a list of all built-in <command|commands> in

<LiveCode>.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile

Example:

the commandNames

Example:

if field "Name" is among the lines of the commandNames then exit repeat

Returns:

The <commandNames> <function> <return|returns> a list of <command>

names, one per <line>.

Description:

Use the <commandNames> <function> to check whether a particular

<command> already exists in <LiveCode>, to avoid using a <reserved word>

for your own custom <handler|handlers>.

The <commandNames> <function> <return|returns> all the

<command|commands> that can be used in <LiveCode>, including synonyms.

References: on (control structure), function (control structure),

propertyNames (function), functionNames (function), handler (glossary),

LiveCode (glossary), command (glossary), return (glossary),

reserved word (glossary), line (keyword)