It acts like a dictionary, so you need square brackets: ENV["STAN_HOME"]
(this works cross-platform, modulo platform conventions) On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Rob J. Goedman <goed...@icloud.com> wrote: > Hi, > > In Stan.jl and Jags.jl I look for environment variables. > > On unix > > ``` > ccall( (:getenv, "libc"), Ptr{Uint8}, (Ptr{Uint8},), bytestring(var)) > ``` > works fine. > > But not on Windows. I've seen > > ENV("STAN_HOME") > > mentioned (on http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Environment_variables#Julia , > can't try that myself). Is that indeed how to get hold of environment > variables? > > Thanks, > Rob J. Goedman > goed...@mac.com > > > > > >