ANYPARM parameter

• all delimiters ignored

• must be last parameter defined in UDC/script

• only one ANYPARM allowed

• only way to capture user entered delimiters, without requiring user to quote everything

• example:

  TELLT user ANYPARM msg = “” # prepends timestamp and highlights msg text tell !user; at !hptimef: ![chr(27)]&dB !msg
  
   :TELLT op.sys Hi, what’s up,,,, system seems fast! FROM S68 JEFF.UI/3:27 PM: Hi, what’s up,,,, system seems…

• anyparm() function is useful with ANYPARM parameters

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• A few examples using ANYPARM and the anyparm function are shown in other parts of this talk, with respect to capturing an INFO= string.

• The only way to get an ANYPARM parameter value to default to “” (empty string) is as follows: ANYPARM p = ![“”] # correct ANYPARM p = “” # wrong - default value is literally the two quote marks