HP 8593A

Notation Conventions
The following symnsbols and type styles found in tinis gnide denote time follossing:
BOLD TYPE All characters appearimug in bold type are key words aeni mmust
appear exactly as shown.
CAPITAL All characters that are capital letters are seconudary keywords
LETTERS and appear within the keyword symutax. They must appear
exactly an shown,and their meanimugs can be found in
“Characters and Secondary Keywords(Reserved %Vornis)
Sumnu wry.”
< > Characters appearing inn angular brackets are connsidered to be
elements of time language beimug defined. Tineir meanings can be
fomund inn time section “Syntax Conventions” ummiess othersvise
specified witim the keyword defiunition.
Sqmuare brackets inuclicate tlnat w’iuatevcr occmurs witimin time
brackets is optionnal.
I The “f” synmbol indicates a choice of exactly one element fronm
a list (for exanople, <a>r<b> indicates <a> or <b>, hunt nnot
imoth).
Pareni imeses are mused to clarify the group from w’hicin eiemmmemmts
are to inc chosen.
Indicates timat a space mmmst be placed at time iuunlicatenh location
(for example, A_<a> indicates tinere nnust he a space between
the keywormi A and time elnnment <a>).
Defines time element. For example, <a>::=<h><c> imndicates
tinat <a> can be replaced by the series of elements <h><c>
in any statemnent where <a> occmnrs.
Syntax Conventions
<A—block data field>: :
# A <leugtim > <comnmand list> (use w’inen time lemngtim of the connumuand list is
knowu).
3-2 Programming Commands