SPL to HP C/XL Migration Guide (30231-90001)

P-5
elements are stacked within braces, you must select one
of those elements. For example:
{A}
{B}
{C}
You must select "A" or "B" or "C".
Notation Description
[...] A horizontal ellipsis enclosed in brackets indicates
that the previous element, usually a selection enclosed
in brackets or braces, may be repeated one or more
times, separated, if necessary, by spaces. For example:
[,
itemname ] [...]
[,...] If the ellipsis is preceded by a punctuation mark, such
as comma or semicolon, you must use that character to
separate repetitions of the element.
[ item1 ]
[
item2 ] [,...]
" [ "" ] " Where special characters that have syntactic meaning,
such as the square brackets above, are required to be
entered as text, they are shown in "computer" type,
enclosed in "right-hand" quotation marks. The syntax:
arrayname " [ " subscript [,...] " ] "
represents the following examples:
ABC[25,77]
Aardvark [ noselength ]
General
Notation Description
...: Within examples, vertical and horizontal ellipses show
where portions of the example have been omitted.
bit
n The bits in bytes, bit-fields, words, etc. are numbered
from left to right from zero. In a 16-bit SPL "word",
bit zero is the high-order left-hand bit and bit 15 is
the low-order right-hand bit. In a 32-bit HP C/XL
"word", bit zero is the high-order left-hand bit and bit
31 is the low-order right-hand bit.