empty

empty — specifies a place-holder string for empty data readings.

Syntax

(empty string)
    

Arguments

string

A character string.

Returns

Always succeeds, returning t.

Description

The empty command lets you specify a string to be written whenever there is no data available for a point. This is a global value, applied to all logs.

This command corresponds to the Cogent C API function LG_Empty.

Example

(empty "*")