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Idiom #205 Get an environment variable

Read an environment variable with the name "FOO" and assign it to the string variable foo. If it does not exist or if the system does not support environment variables, assign a value of "none".

string foo = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("FOO");
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(foo)) foo = "none";
with Ada.Environment_Variables;
Foo : constant String :=
      Ada.Environment_Variables.Value (Name    => "FOO",
                                       Default => "none");
#include <stdlib.h>
const char * foo = getenv("FOO");
if (foo == NULL) foo = "none";
(def foo
  (or (System/getenv "FOO") "none"))
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
const char* tmp = std::getenv("FOO");
std::string foo = tmp ? std::string(tmp) : "none";
import std.process : environment;
string foo = environment.get("FOO", "none");
import 'dart:io';
var foo = Platform.environment["FOO"] ?? "none";
foo = System.get_env("FOO", "none")
Foo = os:getenv("FOO","none").
  call get_environment_variable ("FOO", length=n, status=st)
  if (st /= 0) then
    foo = "none"
  else
    allocate (character(len=n) :: foo)
    call get_environment_variable ("FOO", value=foo)
  end if 
import "os"
foo := os.Getenv("FOO")
if foo == "" {
	foo = "none"
}
import "cmp"
import "os"
foo := cmp.Or(os.Getenv("FOO"), "none")
import "os"
foo, ok := os.LookupEnv("FOO")
if !ok {
	foo = "none"
}
def foo = System.getenv('FOO') ?: 'none'
import Control.Exception (IOException, catch)
import System.Environment (getEnv)
do
  foo <- catch (getEnv "FOO") (const $ pure "none" :: IOException -> IO String)
  -- do something with foo
const foo = process.env.FOO ?? 'none'
const foo = process.env["FOO"] || "none";
import static java.lang.System.getenv;
String foo;
try {
    foo = getenv("FOO");
    if (foo == null) throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
    foo = "none";
}
String foo = System.getenv("foo");
if (foo == null) {
	foo = "none";
}
val foo = System.getenv("FOO") ?: "none"
(require "asdf")
(defvar foo
(uiop:getenv "FOO")
"The contents of environment variable FOO.")

foo = os.getenv("FOO") or "none"
$foo = getenv("FOO") ?: "none";
uses sysutils;
var
  foo: string;
begin
  foo := GetEnvironmentVariable('FOO');
  if (foo = '') then foo := 'none';
end.
use 5.010;
my $foo = $ENV{FOO} // 'none';

import os
foo = os.environ.get('FOO', 'none')
from os import getenv
foo = getenv('FOO', 'none')
import os
try:
    foo = os.environ['FOO']
except KeyError:
    foo = "none"
foo = ENV["FOO"]
use std::env;
let foo = match env::var("FOO") {
    Ok(val) => val,
    Err(_e) => "none".to_string(),
};
use std::env;
if let Ok(tnt_root) = env::var("TNT_ROOT") {
     //
}
use std::env;
let foo = env::var("FOO").unwrap_or("none".to_string());
use std::env;
let foo = match env::var("FOO") {
    Ok(val) => val,
    Err(_e) => "none".to_string(),
};
val foo = sys.env.getOrElse("FOO", "none")
| foo |
foo := CEnvironment getUserEnvironment at: 'FOO' ifAbsent: [ 'none' ].
foo = IIf(Environ("FOO") = "", "none", Environ("FOO"))
imports System
Dim _foo as String
Try
	foo = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("FOO")
Catch ex as Exception
	foo = "none"
End Try
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string foo = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("FOO");
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(foo)) foo = "none";
Foo : constant String :=
      Ada.Environment_Variables.Value (Name    => "FOO",
                                       Default => "none");
const char * foo = getenv("FOO");
if (foo == NULL) foo = "none";
(def foo
  (or (System/getenv "FOO") "none"))
const char* tmp = std::getenv("FOO");
std::string foo = tmp ? std::string(tmp) : "none";
string foo = environment.get("FOO", "none");
var foo = Platform.environment["FOO"] ?? "none";
foo = System.get_env("FOO", "none")
Foo = os:getenv("FOO","none").
  call get_environment_variable ("FOO", length=n, status=st)
  if (st /= 0) then
    foo = "none"
  else
    allocate (character(len=n) :: foo)
    call get_environment_variable ("FOO", value=foo)
  end if 
foo := os.Getenv("FOO")
if foo == "" {
	foo = "none"
}
foo := cmp.Or(os.Getenv("FOO"), "none")
foo, ok := os.LookupEnv("FOO")
if !ok {
	foo = "none"
}
def foo = System.getenv('FOO') ?: 'none'
do
  foo <- catch (getEnv "FOO") (const $ pure "none" :: IOException -> IO String)
  -- do something with foo
const foo = process.env.FOO ?? 'none'
const foo = process.env["FOO"] || "none";
String foo;
try {
    foo = getenv("FOO");
    if (foo == null) throw new Exception();
} catch (Exception e) {
    foo = "none";
}
String foo = System.getenv("foo");
if (foo == null) {
	foo = "none";
}
val foo = System.getenv("FOO") ?: "none"
(defvar foo
(uiop:getenv "FOO")
"The contents of environment variable FOO.")

foo = os.getenv("FOO") or "none"
$foo = getenv("FOO") ?: "none";
var
  foo: string;
begin
  foo := GetEnvironmentVariable('FOO');
  if (foo = '') then foo := 'none';
end.
my $foo = $ENV{FOO} // 'none';

foo = os.environ.get('FOO', 'none')
foo = getenv('FOO', 'none')
try:
    foo = os.environ['FOO']
except KeyError:
    foo = "none"
foo = ENV["FOO"]
let foo = match env::var("FOO") {
    Ok(val) => val,
    Err(_e) => "none".to_string(),
};
if let Ok(tnt_root) = env::var("TNT_ROOT") {
     //
}
let foo = env::var("FOO").unwrap_or("none".to_string());
let foo = match env::var("FOO") {
    Ok(val) => val,
    Err(_e) => "none".to_string(),
};
val foo = sys.env.getOrElse("FOO", "none")
| foo |
foo := CEnvironment getUserEnvironment at: 'FOO' ifAbsent: [ 'none' ].
foo = IIf(Environ("FOO") = "", "none", Environ("FOO"))
Dim _foo as String
Try
	foo = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("FOO")
Catch ex as Exception
	foo = "none"
End Try