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Compound Symbol Format

All compound symbols have an uppercase stem that is separated from the variable name fields by a . (period or dot) character. And all the following, variable fields are also separated by a period (.) character.

Example: Format of the Compound Symbol 

GLOBAL.a
GLOBAL.b
GLOBAL.xyz
GLOBAL.abc.xyz

Note: All the examples shown have GLOBAL as their stem portions. This is important later in this discussion.