S variable data types

The “T” column of the S variable tables denotes the data type: S(string), I(integer) or B(Boolean). The table below contains the character set which belongs to each data type and the notation used for S variable contents in the “Contents” column of the S variable tables.

Data type	Character set	Notes
String	all EBCDIC characters	Strings in the table are shown without quotes. The following string contents are possible: an SDF data type, e.g. <name 1..8>, <c-string 1..8>, <filename 1..54> In this case the applicable character set is as described in the SDF syntax diagram (see table "Data types" (SDF syntax representation)). a descriptive name, e.g. <tsn>, <host-name>, <server-name> numbers keywords with and without the leading asterisk (*), e.g. *LEFT-TO-RIGHT or ACTIVE a null string ''
Integer	[+-] 0..2147483647	Integers in the table are shown as follows: SDF data type with range, e.g. <integer 0..255> SDF data type without range <integer>
Boolean	FALSE TRUE	Boolean values in the table are shown as TRUE and FALSE.