User`s guide

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Programming and Documentation Conventions
Truncation Rules
Truncation Rules
The truncation rule for the mnemonics used in headers and alpha arguments is:
The mnemonic is the first four characters of the keyword unless:
The fourth character is a vowel, then the mnemonic is the first three
characters of the keyword.
This rule is not used if the length of the keyword is exactly four characters.
Some examples of how the truncation rule is applied to various commands are
shown in the following table.
Table 5-2
Mnemonic Truncation
Long Form Short Form
RANGE RANG
PATTERN PATT
TIMEBASE TIM
DELAY DEL
TYPE TYPE