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TYPE (continued)

System Defaults

You can omit any of the three parameters (set number, format, or item numbers) in a TYPE command and use the system defaults described below. Defaults depend on whether or not the TYPE command directly follows another TYPE command. In the explanation below, T=TYPE, Sn=Set number, and range=the items you want to view (e.g., a full TYPE command is T Sn/format/range).

If the preceding command was not a TYPE, the defaults are as follows:

Omitted Command Default
Set number T /format/range Last set created
Format number T Sn//range Format 2
Items T Sn/format First record only
All parameters T Last set created, Format 2, first record only

You can omit any combination of the parameters; the defaults follow the pattern indicated.

If the preceding command was TYPE, the defaults vary depending on what parameter(s) are omitted:

Omitted Command Default
Set number T /format/range Same set as in preceding TYPE
Format number T Sn//range Format 2 (even if same set number is specified)
Items T Sn/format First record only
Set and Format T //range Same set, same formats as in preceding TYPE
(In DialogLink 5, same set as in preceding TYPE, with Format 2)
Set and Items T /format Last record TYPEed repeats in format specified
Format and Items T Sn Format 2, first record only
All parameters T Same set, same format, next record

 

System Default Examples

• To default to the last set created or TYPEd, specifying Format 3 and records 10—20:

?type /3/10-20

• To default to Format 2, specifying set S9 and ALL records:

?type s9//all

• To default to the last set created or TYPEd and to either Format 2 or the format used in the last TYPE command, specifying records 1, 3, 5, and 7:

?type //1,3,5,7

• To default to the first record in set S10, specifying user-defined format U9:

?type s10/u9

• To default to the first record in set S6, in Format 2:

?type s6

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Appendix A: Punctuation and Symbols

Appendix B: Restricted Words

Appendix C: Glossary

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