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Permitted Values

The user may associate one or more permitted values with a variable. The permitted values may be specified as individual values, lists of values, ranges of values, or any combination. There is no limit to the number of permitted values that can be specified. When permitted values are specified, the input of the user must match one of the values.

Permitted values are checked after domain and optionality are checked. The check for permitted values verifies optional variables where a value is entered and mandatory variables. Permitted value checking is not performed on optional variables that have no value, or any variable that has failed any of the previous tests (domain or optionality).