A task assignment associates the task designator on the right side of the assignment operator (:=) with the task indicated by the expression on the left side.

<task assignment>

──<task designator>── . ──<task-valued task attribute name>── := ──────►
►─<task designator>────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤

For information on task designator and task-valued task attribute name, see TASK and TASK ARRAY Declarations.

The PARTNER task attribute is used in conjunction with the CONTINUE statement.

The following are examples of Task Assignment:

The following example assigns the task TASKIT to the EXCEPTIONTASK attribute of TISKIT.

TISKIT.EXCEPTIONTASK := TASKIT

The following example assigns the task identified by the task array element TASKARAY[N] to the EXCEPTIONTASK attribute of TSK.

TSK.EXCEPTIONTASK := TASKARAY[N]

The following example assigns the task COHORT to the PARTNER attribute of TASKVARB.

TASKVARB.PARTNER := COHORT

The following example assigns the task identified by the task array element COWORKERS[INDX] to the PARTNER attribute of MYSELF.

MYSELF.PARTNER := COWORKERS[INDX]

The following example assigns the task that is the PARTNER attribute of the task MYSELF.PARTNER to the task that is the EXCEPTIONTASK attribute of the task MYSELF.PARTNER.

MYSELF.PARTNER.EXCEPTIONTASK := MYSELF.PARTNER.PARTNER