HP RPG/iX Utilities Reference Manual (30318-90006)

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must select A or B or AB or BA. The first
element cannot be preceded by a comma:
{A}
{B}|,...|
... Within examples, horizontal or vertical
ellipses indicate where portions of the
example are omitted.
Å Within syntax statements, the space
symbol Å shows a required blank. In the
following example, you must separate
modifier and variable with a
blank:
SET[(
modifier )]Å( variable );
underlining User input is underlined. For
example:
PROMPT?response
In a syntax statement, brackets, braces
or ellipses are underlined if you must
enter them. For example:
COMMAND
[
[ ParameterA ] ] = ParameterB
Conventions (continued)
NOTATION DESCRIPTION
shading Within an example of interactive dialog,
shaded characters indicate user input or
responses to prompts. In the following
example, OMEGA is the user's response to
the NEW NAME prompt:
NEW NAME? OMEGA
The symbol indicates a key on the
terminal's keyboard. For example, CTRL
indicates the Control key.
CTRL
char CTRL char indicates a control
character.
For example, CTRLY means you have to
simultaneously press the Control key and