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<h2><code><a class="back" title="Return to index" href="../index.html#asserta1">asserta/1</a></code></h2>
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<h4>Description</h4>
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asserta(Clause)
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asserta((Head:-Body))
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	Asserts a clause as the first one for an object's dynamic predicate. If the predicate is not already declared, then a dynamic predicate declaration is added to the object.
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<h4>Template and modes</h4>
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asserta(+clause)
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<h4>Errors</h4>
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		<dt>Clause is a variable:</dt>
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			<dd><code>instantiation_error</code></dd>
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		<dt>Head is a variable:</dt>
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			<dd><code>instantiation_error</code></dd>
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		<dt>Head is a neither a variable nor a callable term:</dt>
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			<dd><code>type_error(callable, Head)</code></dd>
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		<dt>Body cannot be converted to a goal:</dt>
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			<dd><code>type_error(callable, Body)</code></dd>
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		<dt>The predicate indicator of Head is that of a private predicate:</dt>
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			<dd><code>permission_error(modify, private_predicate, Head)</code></dd>
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		<dt>The predicate indicator of Head is that of a protected predicate:</dt>
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			<dd><code>permission_error(modify, protected_predicate, Head)</code></dd>
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		<dt>The predicate indicator of Head is that of a static predicate:</dt>
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			<dd><code>permission_error(modify, static_predicate, Head)</code></dd>
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<h4>Examples</h4>
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		<dt>To assert a clause as the first one for any dynamic predicate in <a class="glossary" title="Go to glossary definition" href="../../glossary.html#this">this</a>:</dt>
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			<dd><code>asserta(Clause)</code></dd>
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		<dt>To assert a clause as the first one for any public or protected dynamic predicate in <a class="glossary" title="Go to glossary definition" href="../../glossary.html#self">self</a>:</dt>
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			<dd><code>::asserta(Clause)</code></dd>
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		<dt>To assert a clause as the first one for any public dynamic predicate in an object:</dt>
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			<dd><code>Object::asserta(Clause)</code></dd>
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Last updated on: October 21, 2001
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