NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Summary

Core Statements
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Assignment Statement The assignment core statement assigns the value of an expression to a specified
variable.
variable = [ expression ]
CALL The CALL core statement calls an NCL procedure.
CALL [ PROC | PROCEDURE ] { name | " name " | ( expr ) }
[ ( args ,… ) ]
[ { SHARE | NOSHARE } { share-list | NO } ]
share-list = element [, element ] …
element :
&*
& simple-variable [ * ]
& stem-variable [ * ]
CALLER
CMD The CMD core statement initiates a NonStop NET/MASTER MS command in the
current processing environment.
CMD expression
DO The DO core statement brings multiple statements together for execution either once,
repeatedly, or not at all.
[ label :] DO [ repetitor ] [ conditional ]
[ statement(s) ]
END [ label ]
repetitor is:
control-variable = expri
[ TO exprt ]
[ BY exprb ]
[ FOR exprf ] |
FOREVER |
exprr
conditional is:
WHILE exprw [ UNTIL expru ] |
UNTIL expru [ WHILE exprw ]