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Specifying a Count [ HP Browse/XL User's Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation


HP Browse/XL User's Guide

Specifying a Count 

Many HP Browse functions accept a numerical option, called the count,
which you may specify before issuing a function.  HP Browse uses the
count in performing many functions.  Specifying a count reduces the
number of keystrokes required to perform a function affecting several
characters or lines of text.  See the description of functions in this
chapter to understand how the count is used specifically.

The count parameter can be any integer greater than or equal to 1.  HP
Browse resets the count to 1 after executing every function except for
the scrolling functions.  For scrolling functions, the count you specify
represents the scroll size for all subsequent scroll functions.

You can specify a count and HP Browse will maintain it until the next
command function is executed.  That is, you can specify a count before
you move to the keyset in which the desired function resides.  For
example this series of commands:

     10  Windows  Size Windows 

is equivalent to:

      Windows 10  Size Windows 



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