A166 User's Guide

Common Functions

MPL provides common, general-purpose functions that are useful in a variety of situations.

FunctionDescription
BracketPrevents macro processing of specified text.
CommentAdds a comment to your macro definition.
EscapeInterrupts scanning of the macro text for a specified number of characters.
EVALReturns the decimal character representation of the specified expression.
METACHARChanges the meta character recognized by the MPL processor.
SETDefines macro-time symbols.