PARM

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>>-PARM--=--+-operand_name-+-----------------------------------><
            '-P_number-----'   

Specifies a user-defined keyword or positional parameter that can be coded in the user-defined command identified by the USSCMD definition.
PARM=operand_name
Specifies the keyword parameter in the user-entered command to which this USSPARM macroinstruction applies. operand_name must be 1–8 alphanumeric characters.
PARM=P_number
Specifies a positional parameter, where number is a decimal integer from 1 to the maximum number of positional parameters for the command. P_number indicates the positional parameter in the user-entered command to which this USSPARM macroinstruction applies.

See Example 2 in Examples of USS command conversion for an example of positional and keyword parameters.