VPE Rules Table Syntax Rules

The following section describes the syntax rules of VPE Rules Table.

Any line which starts with an asterisk (*) in column 1 is a comment line and is ignored by the VPERULB program.
A statement consists of the statement name followed by one or more parameters. For example:
```
SYSOPT ALLOW=NO,PRECEDENCE=VPEDD
```
The first noncomment line must be a SYSOPT or VSAM statement. The SYSOPT and VSAM statements must appear before all RULE statements.
A statement can span more than one line.
A parameter may not span more than one line.
A parameter followed by a blank terminates a statement. Characters following the blank are considered comments.
A parameter followed by a comma and a blank continues a statement onto the next line. Characters following the blank are considered comments. The parameters appearing on the next line can start in any column.
Data set names can be enclosed in quotes or not. An asterisk ("*") in a data set name is a wild card character. It is not node-specific. For example, "A*T" matches DSN=ABCTEST as well as DSN=ABC.NODE.TEST.

Note: A node is one portion of the data set name delimited by a period. The nodes of ABC.NODE.TEST are ABC, NODE, and TEST.