
E.THE DATA FORMAT OF THE EXTERNAL SYMBOL FILE APPENDIX B-63484EN/05
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E.2 ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE EXTERNAL SYMBOL
FILE
• About the unusable character of the external symbol file
In the 30i/31i/32i-A Extended function, if the following character
is used for the symbol, the symbol is not read.
Unusable characters for the
first character
% $
(Example) %SYMBOL $SYMBOL
Unusable characters Space, Full-size Japanese character,
:(Colon) ;(Semicolon) .(Period)
• About the export of an external symbol file
When you use '(single quotation mark), "(double quotation mark),
and $ (dollar) characters in the symbol or the comment, it is
outputted to the external symbol file as follows.
Table E.2 (a) Comment data
Screen
display
(Comment)
External
symbol
file
Remarks
' $' $ is added.
$ $$ $ is added.
" """" " is added and double quote the whole
comment with ".
, "," Double quote the whole comment with ".
Table E.2 (b) Symbol data
Screen
display
(Symbol)
External
symbol
file
Remarks
' ' The same
$ $ The same
" """" " is added and double quote the whole
comment with ".
, "," Double quote the whole comment with ".
• About the import of an external symbol file
When you use '(single quotation mark), "(double quotation mark),
and $ (dollar) characters in the symbol or the comment, it is
necessary to write to the external symbol file as follows.
Table E.2 (c) Comment data
External symbol
file
Screen display
(Comment)
Remarks
$' ' $' is replaced with '
$$ $ $$ is replaced with $
"""" " """" is replaced with "
"," , "," is replaced with ,
Table E.2 (d) Symbol data
External symbol
file
Screen display
(Symbol)
Remarks
' ' The same
$ $ The same
"""" " """" is replaced with "
"," , "," is replaced with ,