Paxar 9401 manual Symbol Description, Example

9401/9402 System Administrator's Guide

The following symbols punctuate packets.

Symbol Description

{Left brace starts a packet.

}Right brace ends a packet.

pSplit vertical bar ends a record.

,Comma separates items within records.

"ABC" Enclose character strings in quotation marks. Empty quotes ("") identify null strings or unused fields. The printer ignores spaces, except within these character strings. Do not embed comments within a quoted string. To represent non-printing characters in the string, use a tilde ( ~ ) followed by a 3-digit ASCII code in

a quoted string.

`comment` Grave accents enclose comments. Any data enclosed in grave accents will be ignored. Do not put comments in a character string. You can also used this convention to reject mainframe data.

Example

{Begin packet record 1, parameter, parameter p record 2, parameter, parameter p

record 3, parameter, parameter p record 4, parameter, parameter p }

NOTE: You should break packets longer than 130 characters into multiple lines, each less than 130 characters.

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