Literal values
This section describes the following types of literal values that can be used with IPCS subcommands and primary commands.
- Positive integers.
To describe Specify Positive binary numbers B‘bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb’ Positive decimal numbers nnnnnnnnnn Positive hexadecimal numbers X‘xxxxxxxx’ or X‘xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxx’ An underscore (_) might be used between hexadecimal digits to improve legibility for values greater than 32 bits.
- Signed integers.
To describe Specify Signed binary numbers B‘[+|-]bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb’ Signed decimal numbers [+|-]nnnnnnnnnn or F‘[+|-]nnnnnnnnnn’ Signed hexadecimal numbers X‘[+|-]xxxxxxxx’ or X‘[+|-]xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxx’ An underscore (_) might be used between hexadecimal digits to improve legibility for values greater than 32 bits.
- General values.
To describe Specify Restriction Fullword pointers A‘xxxxxxxx’ or A‘(Ln)xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxx’ none EBCDIC character strings C‘c...’ none Signed binary fullwords F‘[+|-]nnnnnnnnnn’ or F‘(Ln)[+|-]nnnnnnnn’ none Signed binary halfwords H‘[+|-]nnnnn’ or H‘(Ln)[+|-]nnnnn’ none Picture strings P‘p...’ none ASCII character strings Q‘q...’ none Any string of characters ‘...’ or “...” valid only for the FIND primary command ASCII text strings S‘s...’ none EBCDIC text strings T‘t...’ none Uppercase or lowercase letters or numbers blank, | sign, or comma before and after the value valid only for the FIND primary command Hexadecimal strings X‘xx...’ none Previously entered search value valid only for the FIND primary command - Symbols.