INDEXING Subcommand (OUTPUT MODIFY Command)
The INDEXNG
subcommand adds a sequential number,
letter, or roman numeral to the objects that meet the selection criteria.
Index values are used by the OBJECTPROPERTIES
command
(OUTLINELABEL
keyword) and TABLE
subcommand
(TABLETITLE
keyword).
Example
OUTPUT MODIFY
/SELECT ALL
/INDEXING
INDEXTYPE=LETTERLOW
INDEXSTART='a'
/OBJECTPROPERTIES
OUTLINELABEL = ")INDEX - )LABEL".
INDEXTYPE Keyword
The INDEXTYPE
keyword
indicates whether numbers, letters, or roman numerals are used for
the index values.
- NUMBER
- Integers are used to index the objects. This option is the default.
- LETTERLOW
- Lowercase letters are used to index the objects.
- LETTERCAP
- Uppercase letters are used to index the objects.
- ROMANLOW
- Lowercase roman numerals are used to index the objects.
- ROMANCAP
- Uppercase roman numerals are used to index the objects.
INDEXSTART Keyword
The INDEXSTART
keyword
specifies the starting index value.
- For
INDEXTYPE=NUMBER
, the value ofINDEXSTART
must be an integer. The default is 1. - For
INDEXTYPE=LETTERLOW
, the value ofINDEXSTART
must be a quoted string of one or more lowercase letters. The default is ’a’. - For
INDEXTYPE=LETTERCAP
, the value ofINDEXSTART
must be a quoted string of one or more uppercase letters. The default is ’A’. - For
INDEXTYPE=ROMANLOW
, the value ofINDEXSTART
must be a quoted string of lowercase letters that represents a valid number that is expressed in roman numerals. The default is ’i’. - For
INDEXTYPE=ROMANCAP
, the value ofINDEXSTART
must be a quoted string of uppercase letters that represents a valid number that is expressed in roman numerals. The default is ’I’.