CP6100 I/O Process Programming Manual

CPTEST
Numbers
In addition, the following special characters have specific
meaning to CPTEST:
~ Tilde (CPTEST prompt)
' Single Quote (designates a single ASCII character)
# Pound Sign (designates a decimal number)
% Percent Sign (designates an octal number)
%H Percent Sign-H (designates a hexadecimal number)
%B Percent Sign-B (designates a binary number)
= Equal Sign (specifies the CPTEST expression evaluation
command)
& Ampersand (continues the command line)
NUMBERS
CPTEST accepts binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal numbers as
input. CPTEST assumes input numbers are hexadecimal unless you
explicitly declare that they are not by entering one of the
special characters as a base designator.
A decimal number is a string composed of the digits 0 to 9
preceded by the base designator "#". Thus, "#10" is the decimal
number ten.
An octal number is a string composed of the digits 0 to 7,
preceded by the base designator "%". Thus, "%10" is the octal
number ten (decimal eight).
A hexadecimal number is a string composed of the digits 0 to 9
and the alphabetic letters A through F. You can precede the
string by the base designator "%H" if you wish, but it is not
necessary. CPTEST assumes that input numbers are hexadecimal
unless otherwise specified. Thus, "10" is the hexadecimal number
ten (decimal sixteen) as is "%H10".
When interpreting numbers that appear in the CPTEST output you
must consider whether the number appears inside parentheses or
outside parentheses. Numbers that appear outside parentheses are
decimal numbers. Number that appear inside parentheses are
hexadecimal numbers and are always preceded by a dollar sign
("$").
The CPTEST expresssion evaluation command (=) allows you to
convert between different numeric bases quickly and easily.
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