TEXTEVAL system variable

Function Description:

The TEXTEVAL system variable is used to control how to evaluate the text strings entered by TEXT or -TEXT.

Type : Integer
Saved in : Not saved
Initial value : 0
Range : 0,1

System Variable Value:

0 : when prompting to enter text strings and attributes, all response are treated as literally.
1 : all text beginning with left bracket "(" or exclamation mark "!" will be treated as AutoLISP expressions, rather than non-text.

By default, all texts entered by TEXT command are treated as literally regardless settings of TEXTEVAL except executing this command completely by scripts or AutoLISP expressions. Under command prompts, -TEXT command follows settings of TEXTEVAL.