HP System Dictionary/XL General Reference Manual Vol 2 - Part 1 SDINIT (32256-90005)

... A horizontal ellipsis in a syntax statement indicates that a previous element may be repeat-

ed. For example:

[,itemname ]...;

In addition, vertical and horizontal ellipses may be used in examples to indicate that portions

of the example have been omitted.

, A shaded delimiter preceding a parameter in a syntax statement indicates that the delimiter

must be supplied whenever (a) that parameter is included or (b) that parameter is omitted

and any other parameter which follows is included. For example:

itema [,itemb ][,itemc ]"

means that the following are allowed:

itema

itema,itemb

itema,itemb,itemc

itema,,itemc

Å When necessary for clarity, the symbol Å may be used in a syntax statement to indicate a re-

quired blank or an exact number of blanks. For example:

SET[(modifier )] Å (variable );

underlining Brackets, braces or ellipses appearing in syntax or format statements which must be entered

as shown will be underlined. For example:

LET var [

[subscript] ] = value

Output and input/output parameters are underlined. A notation in the description of each

parameter distinguishes input/output from output parameters. For example:

CREATE (parm1,

parm2, flags,

error )

shading Shading represents inverse video on the terminal's screen. In addition, it is used to empha-

size key portions of an example.

[[ ]] The symbol [[ ]] may be used to indicate a key on the terminal's keyboard. For example,

[[Return]] indicates the carriage return key.

[[Control]]char Control characters are indicated by [[Control]] followed by the character. For example,

[[Control]]Y means the user presses the control key and the character Y simultaneously.