Chartype - Monarch 9460 Programmer's Manual

C H A R T Y P E
Purpose Allows you to limit the character type for an input buffer.
Syntax

CHARTYPE

Process The CHARTYPE command restricts the character type applied to an input buffer
using
NOTE: This command does not affect the FETCH command.
Type
Buffer-field1
template mask. It can be one of the following:
Valid characters for a template mask are:
Example
This example restricts a template input field to accept one alphanumeric character,
four numeric characters, fixed data followed by two more numeric characters. For
example, $9999.99.
CHARTYPE T,"@####_##"
See Also FIXDATA
5-22 Command Reference
type , buffer-field1
type buffer-field1
and
describes the contents of
Type Description
S Set of allowable characters for input field
T Template mask for input buffer
contains either a set of allowable characters for the input field or a
Buffer-field1
INPUT
Logical Field Name
(TEMP1)
Logical Field Name (LU1)
Logical Field Name (PR1)
Logical Field Name
(Field1) [Index]
Number
String
Type Description
* Any valid character
# Numeric
@ Alpha character
- Skip input for fixed data
.
buffer-field1
. It can be one of the following:
Description
Input Buffer
Temporary Buffer
Field
Lookup Buffer Field
Printer Buffer Field
Array Buffer Field
A number prefixed by
the number sign (#)
ASCII string delimited
by double quotes