Appendix

 

 

Data types

 

Data types

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data type

Character set

Special rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

alphanum-name

A…Z

 

 

 

 

0…9

 

 

 

 

$, #, @

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cat-id

A…Z

Not more than 4 characters;

 

 

0…9

must not begin with the string PUB

 

 

 

 

 

 

command-rest

freely selectable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

composed-name

A…Z

Alphanumeric string that can be split into

 

 

0…9

multiple substrings by means of a period or

 

 

$, #, @

hyphen.

 

 

hyphen

If a file name can also be specified, the string

 

 

period

may begin with a catalog ID in the form :cat: (see

 

 

catalog ID

data type filename).

 

 

 

 

 

c-string

EBCDIC character

Must be enclosed within single quotes;

 

 

 

the letter C may be prefixed; any single quotes

 

 

 

occurring within the string must be entered

 

 

 

twice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

date

0…9

Input format: yyyy-mm-dd

 

 

Structure identifier:

 

 

 

 

hyphen

yyyy:

year; optionally 2 or 4 digits

 

 

 

mm:

month

 

 

 

dd:

day

 

 

 

 

 

device

A…Z

Character string, max. 8 characters in length,

 

 

0…9

corresponding to a device available in the

 

 

hyphen

system. In interactive prompting, SDF displays

 

 

 

the valid operand values. For notes on possible

 

 

 

devices, see the relevant operand description.

 

 

 

 

 

fixed

+, -

Input format: [sign][digits].[digits]

 

 

0…9

 

 

 

 

period

[sign]:

+ or -

 

 

 

[digits]:

0...9

 

 

 

must contain at least one digit, but may

 

 

 

contain up to 10 characters (0...9, period) apart

 

 

 

from the sign.

 

 

 

 

 

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