Quote marks “ or '

Must be entered as shown.

Comma ,

Must be entered as shown.

Ellipsis …

The operand can be repeated. Do not enter ellipsis.

Lowercase italics

An operand must be substituted. User-supplied variable or character string.

Uppercase operand

The operand must be spelled as shown. You can enter the command and the operand in either upper or lower case.

OR-bar ( | )

Indicates an exclusive value on left or right of bar. You must enter one of the items. You cannot enter more than one.

Underline _______

If you do not enter one of the operands, the system supplies the underlined operand; this is the default.

Parentheses ( ) and special characters

Operand enclosed in parentheses is mandatory and must be entered as shown.

Single operand in square brackets
[ ]

Optional operand; do not type the brackets.

Stacked operands in braces
{ }
{ }

Mandatory; you must enter one of the operands. You cannot enter more than one.

Stacked operands in square brackets
[ ]
[ ]

Optional operand; you can enter one value, or none.

Operands with OR-bars ( | ) and square brackets
[ ]|[ ]

Optional, mutually exclusive operands. Enter one or none.

Stacked operands in square brackets within braces
{[ ]
[ ]}

Mandatory; you must enter one of these operands. You can enter more than one.