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Notation for Management Programming Interfaces
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brackets or braces. For example:
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% Percent Sign. A percent sign precedes a number that is not in decimal notation. The %
notation precedes an octal number. The %B notation precedes a binary number. The
%H notation precedes a hexadecimal number. For example:
%005400
%B101111
%H2F
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p-register E=%e-register
Notation for Management Programming
Interfaces
This list summarizes the notation conventions used in the boxed descriptions of
programmatic commands, event messages, and error lists in this manual.
UPPERCASE LETTERS. Uppercase letters indicate names from definition files. Type these
names exactly as shown. For example:
ZCOM-TKN-SUBJ-SERV
lowercase letters. Words in lowercase letters are words that are part of the notation,
including Data Definition Language (DDL) keywords. For example:
token-type
!r. The !r notation following a token or field name indicates that the token or field is
required. For example:
ZCOM-TKN-OBJNAME token-type ZSPI-TYP-STRING. !r
!o. The !o notation following a token or field name indicates that the token or field is
optional. For example:
ZSPI-TKN-MANAGER token-type ZSPI-TYP-FNAME32. !o