Comments on: How to run a command within a CLP only during a specific time frame

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:32:28 +0000

Comparison operators can be entered as symbols such as "=" or "<", but it's better to use the mnemonics.

*LT is Less-Than
*GT is Greater-Than
*EQ is Equal
*LE is Less-Than-Or-Equal
*GE is Greater-Than-Or-Equal
*AND is And
*NOT is Not
*CAT is Concatenate
*TCAT is Concatenate-With-Truncation
*BCAT is Concatenate-With-Single-Blank

The mnemonics are not case-sensitive. I prefer using lower-case for all language elements because it will emphasizes how the command analyzer interprets commands after I prompt them. When I change a command, I always copy it first, then change the copy. I can see dramatic differences due to the upper-casing by the prompter. Especially with a complex expression involving embedded quotes, I expect to see where all of the mnemonics have been recognized by the prompter. If the change looks correct, I copy/paste just the change back into the original and type over any bits to set letters to lower-case. Tom

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:00:53 +0000

*lt is less then. So this would be true when the endtime value is less than the start time. As in &Strtime = 2300 and &EndTime = 0100
if (&ENDTIME *lt &STRTIME

Phil

By: lotofbad

lotofbad — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:08:27 +0000

Tom, I had to wrk the second senerio you gave and it worked great. Question: command ENDTIME *lt &STRTIME )…..what does the *lt stand for.

By: lotofbad

lotofbad — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:44:06 +0000

Thanks Tom,

I will try and go through the process you suggested and see if I understand it as I walk through it all.