Picture string format
For the PICT format rule, the picture-string specification is a single string of characters that describe possible values for each position in the INSTDATA. If the picture-string is shorter than the specified part of the installation data field, the remaining characters are not tested. If the picture-string is longer than the specified part of the installation data field, the extraneous characters are ignored.
The picture characters that can be specified are shown in Table 1.
Note: Currently,
you cannot use a right parenthesis as a literal character in the picture-string.
If your installation data uses a right parenthesis, you can revert
to using a period as a pattern character for that position.
| Picture | Description |
|---|---|
| # | Numeric character (0-9) |
| @ | Alphabetic character (A-Z) |
| * | Alphanumeric character (A-Z, 0-9) |
| $ | Special character (@#$) |
| . | Anything. No verification that is done. |
| Other | Literal value. The installation data character must be identical to the picture-string character. |