---
name: "RecordEval"
section: "3"
platform: "macos"
package: "tcl"
version: "152"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/RecordEval"
---

# RecordEval(3)

save command on history list before evaluating

## NAME

Tcl\_RecordAndEval - save command on history list before evaluating

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <tcl.h>

int
Tcl_RecordAndEval(interp, cmd, flags)
```

## ARGUMENTS

Tcl interpreter in which to evaluate command. Command (or sequence of commands) to execute. An OR'ed combination of flag bits.  **TCL\_NO\_EVAL** means record the command but do not evaluate it.  **TCL\_EVAL\_GLOBAL** means evaluate the command at global level instead of the current stack level.

## DESCRIPTION

**Tcl\_RecordAndEval** is invoked to record a command as an event on the history list and then execute it using **Tcl\_Eval** (or **Tcl\_GlobalEval** if the **TCL\_EVAL\_GLOBAL** bit is set in *flags*). It returns a completion code such as **TCL\_OK** just like **Tcl\_Eval** and it leaves information in the interpreter's result. If you do not want the command recorded on the history list then you should invoke **Tcl\_Eval** instead of **Tcl\_RecordAndEval**. Normally **Tcl\_RecordAndEval** is only called with top-level commands typed by the user, since the purpose of history is to allow the user to re-issue recently-invoked commands. If the *flags* argument contains the **TCL\_NO\_EVAL** bit then the command is recorded without being evaluated.

Note that **Tcl\_RecordAndEval** has been largely replaced by the object-based procedure **Tcl\_RecordAndEvalObj**. That object-based procedure records and optionally executes a command held in a Tcl object instead of a string.

## SEE ALSO

Tcl\_RecordAndEvalObj

## KEYWORDS

command, event, execute, history, interpreter, record