MPE CI Programming for 7.5

July 22, 2008
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hp e3000
strategy
CI variables
• 113 predefined “HP” variables
• user can create their own variables via :SETVAR
• variable types are: integer (signed 32 bits), Boolean and string (up 1024 characters)
• variable names can be up 255 alphanumeric alphanumeric and “_” (cannot start with
number)
• predefined variable cannot be deleted, some allow write access
• :SHOWVAR @ ; HP -- shows all predefined variables
• can see user defined variables for another job/session (need SM)
• :SHOWVAR @ ; job=#S or Jnnn
• the bound() function returns true if the named variable exists
• variables deleted when job / session terminates
• :HELP variables and :HELP VariableName