Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise PL/I for z/OS, Version 3.8, Programming Guide

How to read the notational symbols

Some of the programming syntax in this book is presented using notational symbols. This is to maintain consistency with descriptions of the same syntax in other IBM publications, or to allow the syntax to be shown on single lines within a table or heading.

Example of notation

The following example of PL/I syntax illustrates the notational symbols described In How to read the notational symbols:

DCL file-reference FILE STREAM
                   {INPUT | OUTPUT [PRINT]}
                   ENVIRONMENT(option ...);

Interpret this example as follows:


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