AM3270 Management Programming Manual
NOTATION CONVENTIONS
The following list summarizes the conventions used in this
manual, including the boxed descriptions of programmatic
commands, event messages, and error lists in this manual.
Notation Meaning
UPPERCASE Uppercase letters represent names from the
LETTERS definition files, SCF commands, or CMI commands;
enter these names exactly as shown.
lowercase Lowercase letters represent words that are part of
letters the notation.
Ellipsis An ellipsis immediately following a pair of brackets
... or braces indicates that you can repeat the enclosed
syntax items any number of times.
The following notation appears to the right of the description
of a token or field within a command, response, or event-message
box.
Command Message
!{} You must specify this token or field.
!... You can repeat this token or field.
!
name
Specify or omit this token or field depending on the
token, field, or value identified by
name
. See the text
for the exact nature of the dependency.
!{
a
} You must choose only one of the set of tokens or
fields that are indicated by !{
a
}, where
a
is the same
uppercase letter of the alphabet; for example, !{A}.
![
a
] You can choose zero or one of the set of tokens or
fields that are indicated by ![
a
], where
a
is the same
uppercase letter of the alphabet; for example, ![A].
!{
a
}... You must choose at least one--and you can choose more
than one--of the set of tokens or fields indicated by
!{
a
}..., where
a
is the same uppercase letter of the
alphabet; for example, !{A}... .
![
a
]... You can choose zero or one or more of the set of tokens
or fields indicated by ![
a
]..., where
a
is the same
uppercase letter of the alphabet; for example, ![A]... .
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