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Indicates a generic name when it is the last character in the name. Indicates i5/OS™ reserved values (predefined parameter values and expression operators) when it is the first character in a string.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="17.006802721088434%" headers="d0e27 ">Concatenation</td> <td valign="top" width="21.768707482993197%" headers="d0e29 ">|>, |<, and || <sup>3</sup></td> <td valign="top" width="61.224489795918366%" headers="d0e31 ">Character string operator (indicates both values are to be joined).</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="17.006802721088434%" headers="d0e27 ">Equal</td> <td valign="top" width="21.768707482993197%" headers="d0e29 ">=</td> <td valign="top" width="61.224489795918366%" headers="d0e31 ">Symbolic <em>equal</em> relational operator.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="17.006802721088434%" headers="d0e27 ">Greater than</td> <td valign="top" width="21.768707482993197%" headers="d0e29 ">></td> <td valign="top" width="61.224489795918366%" headers="d0e31 ">Symbolic <em>greater than</em> relational operator.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="17.006802721088434%" headers="d0e27 ">Less than</td> <td valign="top" width="21.768707482993197%" headers="d0e29 "><</td> <td valign="top" width="61.224489795918366%" headers="d0e31 ">Symbolic <em>less than</em> relational operator.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="17.006802721088434%" headers="d0e27 ">Minus (hyphen)</td> <td valign="top" width="21.768707482993197%" headers="d0e29 ">-</td> <td valign="top" width="61.224489795918366%" headers="d0e31 ">Subtraction operator, command continuation operator, and negative signed value indicator. Separates parts of date values. <sup>1</sup></td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="17.006802721088434%" headers="d0e27 ">Not</td> <td valign="top" width="21.768707482993197%" headers="d0e29 "> ¬ <sup>2</sup> </td> <td valign="top" width="61.224489795918366%" headers="d0e31 ">Symbolic NOT relational operator.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="17.006802721088434%" headers="d0e27 ">Or</td> <td valign="top" width="21.768707482993197%" headers="d0e29 ">| <sup>3</sup></td> <td valign="top" width="61.224489795918366%" headers="d0e31 ">Symbolic logical operator for OR.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="17.006802721088434%" headers="d0e27 ">Plus</td> <td valign="top" width="21.768707482993197%" headers="d0e29 ">+</td> <td valign="top" width="61.224489795918366%" headers="d0e31 ">Addition operator, command continuation character, and positive signed value indicator.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="17.006802721088434%" headers="d0e27 ">Slash</td> <td valign="top" width="21.768707482993197%" headers="d0e29 ">/</td> <td valign="top" width="61.224489795918366%" headers="d0e31 ">Division operator. Separates parts of date values. <sup>1</sup> Used as the separator between parts of a qualified name.</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" valign="top" headers="d0e27 d0e29 d0e31 "><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <ol><li>Valid only when the job date separator value specifies the same character.</li> <li>In some character sets, including the multinational character set, the character ^ replaces the ¬ character. Either ^ or *NOT can be used as the logical NOT operator in those character sets.</li> <li>In some character sets, including the multinational character set, the character ! replaces the | character. Either ! or *OR can be used as the logical OR operator, and either || or *CAT can be used as the concatenation operator in those character sets.</li> </ol> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The symbolic operators can also be used in combinations.</div> <p>Symbolic operators can also be used in the following ways:</p> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 1. Symbolic operators: Other uses</caption><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="16.608996539792386%" id="d0e158">Name</th> <th valign="top" width="22.145328719723185%" id="d0e160">Symbol</th> <th valign="top" width="61.245674740484425%" id="d0e162">Meanings</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="16.608996539792386%" headers="d0e158 ">Ampersand</td> <td valign="top" width="22.145328719723185%" headers="d0e160 ">&</td> <td valign="top" width="61.245674740484425%" headers="d0e162 ">Identifies a CL variable name when it is the first character in the string.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="16.608996539792386%" headers="d0e158 ">Percent</td> <td valign="top" width="22.145328719723185%" headers="d0e160 ">%</td> <td valign="top" width="61.245674740484425%" headers="d0e162 ">Identifies a built-in system function when it is the first character in the string.</td> </tr> <tr><td valign="top" width="16.608996539792386%" headers="d0e158 ">Question mark</td> <td valign="top" width="22.145328719723185%" headers="d0e160 ">?</td> <td valign="top" width="61.245674740484425%" headers="d0e162 ">Specifies a prompt request when it precedes a command name or keyword name.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbam6charsetval.htm" title="This topic explains the usage of the EBCDIC character sets, special characters, and IBM -defined fixed values called predefined values.">CL character sets and values</a></div> </div> <div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br /> <div><a href="rbam6charuse.htm" title="Special characters can be used only in these special ways or inside quoted character strings or comments.">Special character use</a></div> </div> <div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br /> <div><a href="rbam6express.htm" title="An expression is the value used as the result of evaluating an expression.">Expressions</a></div> <div><a href="rbam6opsinexp.htm" title="Operators are used in expressions to indicate an action to be performed on the operands in the expression or the relationship between the operands.">Operators in expressions</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>