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7. SubcommandsUse of a subcommand is a way of grouping and naming a particular subset ofkeywords to be easily referred to in one or more commands. Keywords of thesubcommand type are used in a manner similar to the LIKE keyword (see sectionon LIKE keyword). Subcommand keywords refer to an instruction of a differenttype than the current instruction. In addition, the keywords in thereferenced instruction are only a subset of the keywords in the currentinstruction. As a result, only the values of the keywords in the referencedinstruction are effectively "UKEd" for the corresponding keywords in thecurrent instruction.Ex amp le:lAIR-l ; lONE-AIRASSIGNED-CFM ; 500EXHAUST-CFM ; 200EXHAUST-EFF ; 0.6EXHAUST-STATIC; 5.0FLOOR-l ; lONElONE-AIR ; lAIR-lKeyword ; Val ueThe first instruction defines a set of supply and exhaust air parameters namedlAIR-i. The second instruction defines a zone named FLOOR-l and assigns to itthe supply and exhaust parameters as defined in the first instruction. Thesequence Keyword; Value represents one or more keyword assignments used tofully describe the zone.8. CommentsComments may be inserted in or between the instructions to aid in thedocumentation of the input data. Comments are not processed in any way by theprogram, other than to print them along with the instructions.Rules: 1. A comment must begin with a dollar sign (li).Example:2. If the dollar sign is not in column 1, the dollar sign must bepreceded by a blank.3. A comment is terminated by the end of the current line, or bya second dollar sign, whichever occurs first.4. A comment may not occur within a literal value (see section onkeywords) .$EXECUTIVE SUITEBIG-GLASS; WINDOW $IN EXECUTIVE SUITE $ HEIGHT; 7 WIDTH; 30 ..II. 6 (Revised 5/81)