User`s guide

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Programming and Documentation Conventions

Notation Conventions and Definitions

The following conventions and definitions are used in this manual and the online

Programmer’s Reference in descriptions of remote operation:

Conventions

< > Angle brackets enclose words or characters that symbolize a program code

parameter or an interface command.

::= is defined as. For example, <A> ::= <B> indicates that <A> can be replaced by

<B> in any statement containing <A>.

| or. Indicates a choice of one element from a list. For example, <A> | <B>

indicates <A> or <B>, but not both.

... An ellipsis (trailing dots) indicates that the preceding element may be repeated

one or more times.

[ ] Square brackets indicate that the enclosed items are optional.

{ } When several items are enclosed by braces, one, and only one of these elements

must be selected.

Definitions

d ::= A single ASCII numeric character, 0-9.

n ::= A single ASCII non-zero, numeric character, 1-9.

<NL> ::= Newline or Linefeed (ASCII decimal 10).

::= 0 through 32 (decimal) except linefeed (decimal 10). The nominal value is 32

(the space character).