getenv
getenv —  get the value of an environment variable  
Calling sequence
env=getenv(str [, rep] )  
Parameters
| str   | : character string specifying environment variable name rep : an optional character string. When this optional value  is used, the function getenv returns the value rep when the environment variable str is not found. | 
| env   | : character string which contain the environment variable value | 
Description
    Return the value of an environment variable if it exists.
Examples
 getenv('SCI')
 getenv('FOO','foo')