
B-66234EN/05 11.EXTENDED SYMBOL/COMMENT FUNCTION
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NOTE
1 [Replace…] in [Edit] menu can be activated when
ladder editing function is available.
2 If an undefined symbol is inputted as the
replacement string, "Replace" can not be
performed. You have to register the symbol before
performing the replacement.
3 The wildcard letters can not be used at replacing
symbol.
4 The wildcard letter can match with any single or
multiple letters.
5 Question mark “?” matches with any single letter.
More than one “?” can be placed for any letters to
match with.
6 Asterisk mark “*” matches with 0 or more any
letters.
7 Wildcard letters can not be used in a signal name.
Wildcard
(1) Asterisk “*”
The wildcard asterisk can be used as below:
Replace with
Y200 Y* Y200.1 Y*.1 Y200.* Symbol
X100
OK NG NG NG NG OK
X*
OK NG NG NG NG NG
X100.0
NG NG OK NG NG OK
X*.0
NG NG OK OK(*) OK NG
X100.*
NG NG OK OK OK NG
Search
for
Symbol
OK NG OK NG NG OK
OK : Effective
NG : Ineffective
OK(*) : Effective if their address types are the same, such as
replace “X*.0” with “X*.1”.
Following usages of wildcard letters are forbidden:
X1* X1*1 X*1 X*1*
X1*.0 X1*1.0 X*1.0 X*1*.0
X1*.* X1*1.* X*1.* X*1*.*
X*.* *.*
(2) Question mark “?”
The wildcard question mark can be used as below:
effective forbidden
X0??0
→
Y0??0 X0??0
→
Y0?00
X0??0
→
Y0?0?
X0??0
→
Y0???
X0??0
→
Y0??0.0
X0??0.0
→
Y0??0.0 X0??0.0
→
Y0??0.?
X0??0.0
→
Y0??0