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Two or More Dimensions

Compound symbols can have more than two dimensions. Recall the city address analogy again. We have already considered the two-dimensional street address that includes a street number. In compound symbol parlance, the address 123 Main St. can look like the following example:

MAIN.123

What if we put in a third dimension? Consider what 123 Main St., Suite 987 would look like in compound symbol parlance:

MAIN.123.987

You can add more dimensions, such as office number 12 in Suite 987. Another dimension can be a particular in-basket in office 12. You can represent these dimensions in compound symbol parlance as the following example:

MAIN.123.987.12.inbskt1