[VAX84C.NSWC]AAAREADME.TXT



    PARMQUAL PROGRAM
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	The  PARMQUAL  program is designed  to be used  inside command
	procedures.   It parses the arguments  passed to the procedure
	(the  DCL  Symbols P1 through P8),  which are assumed to be in
	the format of DCL command parameters and qualifiers,  and sets
	local symbols to the values  derived from the arguments.   For
	instance, if:

		P1 = "AAA/BBB/CCC"
		P2 = "DDD"
		P3 thru P8 = ""

	Then PARMQUAL sets the following symbols:

		PARM1 = "AAA"    PARM2 = "DDD"    PARM3 = ""
		QUAL1 = "/AAA"   QUAL2 = "/BBB"   QUAL3 = ""

	Thus the procedure  does not need  a lot of statements to cor-
	rectly  split symbols  into atomic parts,  and to discriminate
	parameters from qualifiers.



    PARALLEL COMMAND
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	The  PARALLEL  command appends two files side by side, instead
	of end to end, as the  VMS  command  APPEND does.  This can be
	used, for instance, to annotate and print a report or document
	file with remarks without placing permanent remarks within the
	file.  See PARALLEL.HLP for more information.



	These programs were developed and run under  VMS  V3.7;  it is
	not known if they still work under V4.0.


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	Submitted by:  Alan L. Zirkle     Naval Surface Weapons Center
					  Code N41
		       Fall 1984	  Dahlgren, Virginia  22448