Notational conventions

The following notational conventions are used in this manual:

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For informative texts.

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Program text in examples, syntax illustrations.

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Names of programs, functions, function parameters, files, structures and structure components in descriptive text, syntax variables (e.g. filename).

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Identify header files in descriptive text.

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Optional entries.
The square brackets are meta characters which may not be input within statements.

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Three dots in syntax definitions mean that the preceding text may be repeated as often as required. In examples, they mean that the remaining parts are not meaningful for understanding the example.
The dots are meta characters which may not be input within statements.