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current_record(?Key)
Succeeds if Key is the key of a recorded item.
- Key
- Variable, atom, compound term, or handle.
Description
   Used to backtrack over the keys currently recorded in the indexed
   database.  Key must be either a variable, an atom or a compound term.
   In the case of compound terms, all keys of the same name and arity are
   treated as equal.
Modes and Determinism
- current_record(+) is semidet
- current_record(-) is nondet
Modules
This predicate is sensitive to its module context (tool predicate, see @/2).
Fail Conditions
Fails if Key is not a current key
Exceptions
- (5) type error 
- Key is neither a variable, an atom nor a compound term.
Examples
   Success:
   [eclipse]: record(whiskey,jameson),
   >        record(whiskey,bushmills),
   >        record(beer,lowenbrau),
   >        record(car(bmw), 735).
   yes.
   [eclipse]: current_record(Key).
   Key = beer     More? (;)
   Key = whiskey     More? (;)
   Key = car(_g62)     More? (;)
   no (more) solution.
   Fail:
   record(whiskey,bushmills),current_record(bushmills).
   Error:
   current_record(1).                     (Error 5)
   current_record("whiskey").             (Error 5)
See Also
is_record / 1