PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Expressions
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SYS_CHARS This variable is a string that contains the current values of control
characters that you can change by means of the DEFINE command.
The various characters in the string are shown in Table 5-2.
Table 5-2. SYS_CHARS Characters
Position Significance Changed by Default
1 Command trigger DEFINE TRIGGER \
2 Change mark DEFINE CHANGES |
3 Title field separator DEFINE TITLE FIELD |
4 Title page number DEFINE TITLE PAGENUMBER #
5 Box top DEFINE BOX TOP –
6 Box left side DEFINE BOX SIDE LEFT |
7 Box right side DEFINE BOX SIDE RIGHT |
8 Box bottom DEFINE BOX BOTTOM –
9 Box top left corner DEFINE BOX CORNER
TOP LEFT –
10 Box top right corner DEFINE BOX CORNER
TOP RIGHT –
11 Box bottom left corner DEFINE BOX CORNER
BOTTOM LEFT –
12 Box bottom right corner DEFINE BOX CORNER
BOTTOM RIGHT –
13 Overstrike character DEFINE OVERSTRIKE –
You can access individual characters with the STRING function. (S)
SYS_DAY This variable contains an integer, in the range of 1 through 31, that
represents the current day of the month. (N)
SYS_DAYOFWEEK This variable contains an integer, in the range of 1 through 7, that
represents the current day of the week. Sunday is 1, Monday is 2, and
so on.) (N)