
recorda(+Key, ?Value)

   Records the term Value at the beginning of key Key in the indexed database.



Arguments
   Key                 An atom or compound term.
   Value               Any prolog term.

Type
   Recorded Database

Description
   Used to record any prolog term Value at the beginning of the indexed
   database entry associated with the key Key.  In the case of compound
   terms, all keys of the same name and arity are treated as equal.


   If backtracking occurs through the call of recorda/2 the associated
   Value is not removed from the indexed database.




Modes and Determinism
   recorda(+, ?) is det

Modules
   This predicate is sensitive to its module context (tool predicate, see @/2).

Exceptions
     4 --- Key is not instantiated.
     5 --- Key is neither an atom nor a compound term.

Examples
   
   Success:
    recorda(a(compound,term),value1).
    recorda([a,compound,term],value2).

    [eclipse]: recorda(whiskey,jameson),
    >        recorda(whiskey,bushmills),
    >        recorda(whiskey,glenlivet).
    yes.
    [eclipse]: recorded(whiskey,Value).
    Value = glenlivet     More (;)
    Value = bushmills     More (;)
    Value = jameson     More (;)
    no (more) solution.
Error:
    recorda(Key, anything).             (Error 4)
    recorda("key",anything).            (Error 5)





See Also
   record / 2, recordz / 2
