OR

The OR option specifies up to seven alternate symbols as the logical OR operator. These symbols are also used as the concatenation operator, which is defined as two consecutive logical OR symbols.


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>>-OR--(-'---char-+-'-)----------------------------------------><

Note: Do not code any blanks between the quotation marks.

The IBM-supplied default code point for the OR symbol (|) is '4F'X.

char: A single SBCS character

You cannot specify any of the alphabetic characters, digits, and special characters defined in the PL/I Language Reference, except for the standard logical OR symbol (|). You must specify at least one valid character.

If you specify the OR option, the standard OR symbol is no longer recognized unless you specify it as one of the characters in the character string.

For example, OR('\') means that the backslash character, 'E0'X, will be recognized as the logical OR operator, and two consecutive backslashes will be recognized as the concatenation operator. The standard OR symbol, '|', '4F'X, will not be recognized as either operator. Similarly, OR('\|') means that either the backslash or the standard OR symbol will be recognized as the logical OR operator, and either symbol or both symbols can be used to form the concatenation operator.