Truncation Rule - HP 16500C Programmer's Manual

Truncation Rule

The truncation rule for the keywords used in headers and parameters is:
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There are some commands that do not conform to the truncation rule by design.
These will be noted in their respective description pages.
Some examples of how the truncation rule is applied to various commands
are shown in table 5-1.
Table 5-1 Truncation Examples
Long Form
OFF
DATA
START
LONGFORM
DELAY
ACCUMULATE
If the long form has four or fewer characters, there is no change in the
short form. When the long form has more than four characters the short
form is just the first four characters, unless the fourth character is a
vowel. In that case only the first three characters are used.
Short Form
OFF
DATA
STAR
LONG
DEL
ACC
Programming and Documentation Conventions
Truncation Rule
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