HP MLIB User's Guide Vol. 2 7th Ed.

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Notational conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Italics

Italics within text indicate mathematical entities used

or manipulated by the program: for example, solve the

n-by-n system of linear equations Ax = b.

Italics within command lines indicate generic

commands, ﬁle names, or subprogram names.

Substitute actual commands, ﬁle names, or

subprograms for the italicized words. For example, the

command line

f90 prog_name.o

instructs you to type the command f90, followed by the

name of a program or subprogram object ﬁle.

UPPERCASE BOLDFACE

within text and in prototype

Fortran statements indicates Fortran keywords and

subprogram names that must be typed just as they

appear. For example, CALL DAXPY.

lowercase boldface

within text indicates Fortran

generic variable or array names. You should substitute

actual variable or array names. The italicized

mathematical entities and the lowercase boldface

variable and array names usually correspond. For

example, A is a matrix and a is the Fortran array

containing the matrix:

CALL DAXPY (n, a, x, incx, y, incy)

lowercase boldface

within command lines indicates

ASCII characters that must be typed just as they

appear. For example, the command line

f90 prog_name.o

instructs you to type the command f90, followed by the

name of a program or subprogram object ﬁle.