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Xerox 4112-4127 Enterprise Printing System-192 User Manual

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Using logical processing

Using LCDS Print Description Language

3-5

Each constant that is included in a referenced TABLE command
is examined by the system to see if it is equal in value to the
input data field specified in the CONSTANT parameter of the
CRITERIA command.
NOTE: The TABLE command must precede any CRITERIA
command that references it.

This command requires an identifier of the type ac (at least one
alpha character required).

TABLE command parameters

The following table summarizes the TABLE command
parameters.

The following section describes the syntax of the TABLE
command parameters and explains their options.

TABLE CONSTANT

Specifies the content of one or more string constants.

Syntax

ac: TABLE CONSTANT = {sc | (sc

1

[, sc

2

] [,...])}

Options

Default

No default

Table 3-2. Summary of TABLE command parameters

Parameter

Specifies

Online

Offline

DJDE

TABLE
CONSTANT

Defines string constants against which input
data fields are checked for logical processing.

Y

Y

N

TABLE MASK

Permits character positions of a string to be
ignored or tested for type attributes.

Y

Y

N

Table 3-3. TABLE CONSTANT parameter options and definitions

Option

Definition

sc

string constant.
sc is a string composed of literal characters and masking characters (as
defined by the MASK parameter of the TABLE command).
All string constants must be of the same length in bytes. The number of bytes
for all constants in the table (after conversion of any hexadecimal or octal
constants) is limited to 255 bytes.