Syntax Descriptions Legend

In Lion the command syntax descriptions will always have the same structure following the rules described below.

Command

The command itself will always be displayed in blue and can either be a direct Lion command or a subroutine or function. Subroutines and functions are recognizable by the parenthesis '()' following the command.

Examples

EXIT

IF boolean expression
   code
ENDIF

REFRESH ()

Parameters

In Lion parameters can be assigned values to by regular expression, variables or literal values, or they can assigned values to by using predefined Lion keywords. In the syntax description the parameters will always be placed between less than, greater than signs '<>' with the one exception of a single Lion keyword which will be in capital. When parameters or keywords are optional they will be placed between square brackets '[]'.

Multiple parameters will be delimited by a comma ','.

The function of the parameters and possible values will always be described in the Parameters section of each command description.

Colors

To enhance readability the different parameter categories will be displayed with their own color following the legend below.

•  <Mandatory parameter> in black/white
• [<Optional parameter>] in green
•  <Mandatory keyword> in red
• [<Optional keyword>] in orange

Examples

Choice between Parameters

Sometimes a choice between to different parameters has to be made. These parameters will then both be displaced with a vertical OR bar '|'  between them as shown in the third example above between <Search> and <Search array>.