ciop.getparam
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Description
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Returns the value of the parameter as a characters string

Usage
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.. code-block:: python

  import cioppy
  ciop = cioppy.Cioppy()

  ciop.getparam (param)

Arguments
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``param``
  the name of the parameter

Details
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Returns the value defined at the job template level for a given parameter name (to retrieve its default value), or defined at the workflow level (to override the default value of the jobtemplate). If defined, the workflow value has priority over the job template value.

Value
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Value of the parameter as a characters string

Examples
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.. code-block:: python

   myvar = ciop.getparam('param1')

Author
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Terradue