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Programming and
Documentation Conventions
Introduction
Truncation
HP 1650B/HP 16518
Programming Reference
This section covers the programming conventions used in programming
the instrument, as well as the documentations conventions used in this
manual. This chapter also contains a detailed description of the
command tree and command tree traversal.
The truncation rule for the keywords used in headers and parameters is:
If the longform has four or fewer characters, there is no change in the
shortform. Otherwise, the shortform is the first four characters of the
keyword, unless the fourth character is a vowel. If so, the shortform uses
only the first three characters of the keyword.
Some examples of how the truncation rule is applied to various commands
are shown in table 4-l.
Table 4-l. Keyword Truncation
OFF
DATA
START
DELAY
ACCUMULATE
Programming and Documentation Conventions
Shortform
I
OFF
DATA
STAR
LONG
DEL
A C C
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