Parameters

Parameters specify the arguments required by the command. The format of a command line is:

nM><command> <parameter1> ... <parameterN>

Commas or blanks separate arguments from each other and from the command name. Parameter names are identified and given default values in the NeXtMidas command dictionary; if listed in the dictionary, the parameter name may be abbreviated. To see the arguments for a particular command, use EXPLAIN. Below is an annotated example of the explanation for RAMP. It shows that the RAMP command has 8 arguments indicated within the <angle brackets>:

nM> explain ramp
RAMP  creates a ramp (sawtooth) file
 
<OUT>       Nameof output file
<FORM>      Formatof output file (SF< CF<SB< etc.)
<ELEM>      Numberof elements in output file
<DATASTART> Ordinatevalue for first point in file
<DATAINC>   Ordinatedifference between consecutive points in file
<START>     Abscissastart
<DELTA>     Abscissadelta
<UNITS>     Abscissaunits

To see the defaults of a command, type DEFAULT before the command name. The example below shows the defaults for RAMP:

nM> default ramp
INFO:RMP;SYS:2,P,8,OUT=,FORM=SF,ELEM-4K,DATASTART=0,
DATAINC=1,START=0,DELTA=1,UNITS=1
nM>

There are two types of parameters: Positional and Keyword.