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<h2 class="codenp">dynamic/1<span id="directives_dynamic1"/></h2>


<h4>Description</h4>

<pre>dynamic(Functor/Arity)
dynamic(Functor1/Arity1, Functor2/Arity2, ...)
dynamic([Functor1/Arity1, Functor2/Arity2, ...])

dynamic(Functor//Arity)
dynamic(Functor1//Arity1, Functor2//Arity2, ...)
dynamic([Functor1//Arity1, Functor2//Arity2, ...])</pre>
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Declares dynamic predicates and dynamic grammar rule non-terminals. Note that an object can be static and have both static and dynamic predicates/non-terminals.
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<h4>Template and modes</h4>

<pre>dynamic(+predicate_indicator_term)
dynamic(+non_terminal_indicator_term)</pre>


<h4>Examples</h4>

<pre>:- dynamic(counter/1).

:- dynamic(lives/2, works/2).

:- dynamic([db/4, key/2, file/3]).</pre>

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