Integer Response Data; Discrete Response Data; String Response Data - HP 8360 B Series User Manual

1-88 Getting Started Programming

Integer Response Data.

representations of integer values including optional signs. Most status
register related queries return integer response data.
Examples of integer response data:
0 signs are optional
leading + sign allowed
+100
leading sign allowed
-100
never any decimal point
256

Discrete Response Data.

discrete parameters. The main difference is that discrete response
data return only the short form of a particular mnemonic, in all
uppercase letters.
Examples of discrete response data:
level internally
level using an external diode
level using an external power meter
level using a mm-wave source module

String Response Data.

parameters. The main difference is that string response data use only
double quotes as delimiters, rather than single quotes. Embedded
double quotes may be present in string response data. Embedded
quotes appear as two adjacent double quotes with no characters
between them.
Examples of string response data:
"This IS valid"
"SO IS THIS "" "
Integer
response data are decimal
Discrete
response data are similar to
String
response data are similar to string