Xerox 701P21091 - Manual (Page 36)

PDL principles and procedures
1-8 Using LCDS Print Description Language
• EBCDIC
• Octal
• Kanji
– Using the # character (case toggle)
Within a text string, the # character may be used as a
case toggle. In other words, when a text string is
encountered, it is assumed that characters are inserted
into the print line as they appear in the text string (usually
in uppercase). If the system encounters a #, it interprets
the characters as lowercase mode. All letters after the #
are considered lowercase until another # is encountered,
which toggles back to uppercase.
The sequence ## indicates that the actual # character
should be inserted and should not be treated as a toggle
for lowercase mode.
– Using a repeat count
String constants may be preceded by an optional repeat
count. A repeat count is enclosed in parentheses and
must be in the range of 1 to 255. For example:
T1: TABLE CONSTANT=(3)'*';
is equivalent to:
T1: TABLE CONSTANT=('***');
Following are additional examples of the use of a repeat
count:
– Types of string constants:
The following table gives explanations and examples of
the different types of string constants.
T1: TABLE CONSTANT=(3)O'27';
T2: TABLE CONSTANT=(4)X'C1';