ABBREVIATIONS USED THROUGHOUT THIS CHAPTER

Listed in Table 5.1 are the abbreviations and symbols (referred to here as tokens) that are used throughout this book.

Table 5.1: Standard Abbreviations and Symbols

Token	Description
[0 or b]	The result of the operation is zero or blank.
[+]	The result of the operation is positive.
[-]	The result of the operation is negative.
[ 0 ]	The result of the operation is zero.
[ ]	Brackets denote optional values.
bof	The result of the operation produces a beginning-of-file condition.
eof	The result of the operation produces an end-of-file condition.
[full]	The WRITE operation has filled up the subfile specified in factor 2.
[indn]	Indicator n, where n is 1, 2, or 3.
[mix]	The result of a TESTB operation is some bits on and some off; the result of a TESTN operation is some characters are numeric and some are not.
[num]	The result of the TESTN operation is all numeric.
[other]	The result of the TESTZ operation indicates that the zone of the result field is neither positive nor negative; it is unknown.
1<2	Factor 1 is less than factor 2.
1=2	Factor 1 equals factor 2.
1>2	Factor 1 is greater than factor 2.
Char value	Character value, either literal or variable.
Char variable	Character variable—that is, a character field, array, array element, data structure, or data structure subfield.
Data struct	Data structure name.
Dec	Decimal digits (i.e., the number of digits to the right of the decimal point).
n / f	The result of the operation produces a not-found condition.
Num value	Numeric value (either literal or variable).
Num blanks	Number of blanks.
Num variable	Numeric variable—that is, a numeric field or array element.
Plist	Parameter list name.