
Device Listening
The listening syntax of IEEE 488.2 is designed to be more forgiving than
Syntax
the talking syntax. This allows greater flexibility in writing programs, as
well as allowing them to be easier to read.
Upper/Lower Case Equivalence.
Upper and lower case letters are
equivalent. The mnemonic SINGLE has the same semantic meaning as
the
single.
c
white space
. <white space
is
defined to be one or more characters
from the ASCII set of 0 32 decimal, excluding 10 decimal (NL).
space is used by several instrument listening components of the syntax
It is usually optional, and can be used to increase the readability of a
program.
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