Miscellaneous Commands

 

Suppress characters

FB

Suppress all occurrences of up to 15 different characters, starting at the

 

current cursor position, as the cursor is advanced by other commands.

 

When the FC command is encountered, the suppress function is

 

terminated. The cursor is not moved by the FB command.

 

Syntax = FBnnxxyy . .zz where nn is a count of the number of

 

suppressed characters in the list, and xxyy .. zz is the list of characters

 

to be suppressed.

 

Stop suppressing characters

FC

Disables suppress filter and clear all suppressed characters. Syntax =

 

FC.

 

Replace characters

E4

Replaces up to 15 characters in the output message, without moving

 

the cursor. Replacement continues until the E5 command is

 

encountered. Syntax = E4nnxx1xx2yy1yy2...zz1zz2 where nn is the

 

total count of of the number of characters in the list (characters to be

 

replaced plus replacement characters); xx1 defines characters to be

 

replaced and xx2 defines replacement characters, continuing through

 

zz1 and zz2.

 

Stop replacing characters

E5

Terminates character replacement. Syntax = E5.

 

Compare characters

FE

Compare the character in the current cursor position to the character

 

“xx.” If characters are equal, move the cursor forward one position.

 

Syntax = FExx where xx stands for the comparison character’s hex

 

value for its ASCII code.

 

Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), beginning on

 

page A-4for decimal, hex and character codes.

 

Compare string

B2 Compare the string in the input message to the string “s.” If the strings are equal, move the cursor forward past the end of the string. Syntax

=B2nnnnS where nnnn is the string length (up to 9999), and S consists of the ASCII hex value of each character in the match string. For example, B2000454657374 will compare the string at the current cursor position with the 4 character string “Test.”

Refer to the ASCII Conversion Chart (Code Page 1252), beginning on page A-4for decimal, hex and character codes.

Check for a number

EC Check to make sure there is an ASCII number at the current cursor position. The format is aborted if the character is not numeric.

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