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.