Xerox 6180N Using LCDS Print Description Language - Page 199

Using logical processing Table 3-11. CRITERIA VALUE parameter options and definitions Option Definition GE Indicates the operation "greater than or equal." tabid table identifier. The identifier of a table, specified in the TABLE command, containing the numeric value to which the test field is compared. Default No default CRITERIA VALUE parameter: points to note • A test criteria specifying the EQ operator may return a true result even though the character strings being compared are not identically equal. For example, '0000' is equal to '0,' '0.0,' '$0.00,' and so forth. • A numeric character string is compared with a constant character string only if the numeric string is properly constructed. The system observes the following rules when evaluating a numeric character string: - A properly constituted numeric character string should consist of a single sequence of numeric characters, which may be interspersed only with characters from a rigidly defined set of "separator" characters that are allowed in the format of a decimal number. Improperly constructed numeric character strings would include such strings as '1, 2, 3', '957N4218', and '00- 123'. - All numeric character strings are evaluated as decimal numbers, with a decimal point separating the integer portion of the number from the fractional portion of the number. Due to international variations in decimal number formats, the characters that are interpreted as the decimal point, and the characters that are interpreted as the "thousands" separator are taken from the VCODE table that is specified in the VOLUME command. The VCODE command is used to specify the character translation code and/or the character type code, and must be specified if the VCODE command defaults are not applicable. Using LCDS Print Description Language 3-19