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For example, the following is the syntax for %I:
Syntax:
%I(
field,
msg_no[,
mailbox])
%I() has three parameters: field, msg_no and mailbox.
Because the %I and parentheses are bold, you know that you have to include them in the 
command. The commas are bold, but the one in front of mailbox is inside brackets […], 
which surround optional parts of the syntax. If you use the bracketed part of the syntax, 
you must use the comma.
 
Because field is italicized, you know that...

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Because msg_no is also italicized, you know that it is a place holder for information that 
you must provide. For example, to find out the date for message number 8, you replace 
msg_no with the number 8. Because mailbox is inside brackets, you replace it only if you 
use that part of the syntax. For example, you may want to delete a message belonging to 
mailbox 151.
Whenever a parameter is optional, such as mailbox, it has a default. A default is the value 
that is used...

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record in a database for any company that sends you supplies. The individual parts of your 
name and address are fields of that record. In a database, another name for a record is a 
row, and another name for a field is a column.
Sample Address Record: 
First Name: MARY Last Name: HU
Street Address: 28291 HOOVER ST.
City: WINTER FALLS State: MI
Zip: 48444
Text files that contain database records should have commas separating each field of each 
record and a carriage...

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 The G() command which tells Amanda to go to another mailbox’s Extension field 
right now. (Notice that this is not the same as the %G0 through %G9 global vari-
ables.) There is no comparison made—just an immediate branch to a new mail-
box.
For example, G(2000) can be read as “Go immediately to mailbox 2000.”
A loop is the name given to a set of tokens that are repeated. For example, if the last token 
in the Extension field for mailbox 151 is G(151), Amanda returns to...

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4. The caller dials the correct extension.
The customized use of the employee directory:
1. A caller enters 411 for the employee directory.
2. The caller enters three digits representing the first three letters in either the first or last 
name of the person he wants to call. 
3. If more than one employee matches the digits, Amanda asks the caller to choose. 
For example, Amanda might say “For Steve Smith, press 1; for Stella Clark, press 2.”
4. Amanda dials the...

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5. Fill in the Extension fields for mailboxes that only match one of the employees with 
@G(
employee_mailbox) 
Example:
Because 783 and 367 match Steve Forest, the Extension fields for mailbox 783 and 
mailbox 367 should be:
@G(
105)
Because 564 matches JoAnn Johnson, the Extension field for mailbox 564 should be:
@G(
106)
Because 262 matches Bob Knapp, the Extension field for mailbox 262 should be:
@G(
107)
or
@P(G1)P(N,
107)G(
107)
6. For mailboxes that match more than...

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If the matching digits conflict with existing mailboxes (for example, 564 
matches JoAnn Johnson, but it is already the mailbox for another em-
ployee), use 99564 or some other variation that does not conflict with 
employee mailboxes.
When more than one employee matches the digits that the caller enters, 
you can add 9 to the menu (with mailbox 411) and append the greeting 
to end with: “…press 9 to return to the employee directory.” Then, if the 
caller doesn’t want...

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Current date in American format%Y
Current port number%C
Current time%Z
Current mailboxP
[
repetition] (U
[,
mailbox])
%U
Current mailbox’s Extension field%E
Date%I(
field,
msg_no[,
mailbox])
P
[
repetition](
date,D) 
%Y
Days of week%W
Deleting fileY
[(
file)
] 
Deleting, messageKD(
msg_no[,
mailbox]) 
Dial (pulse dial)~
Dial codesF
dial tone%X
dial tone, wait forW(
n,T
[,
mailbox]) 
Directory Name field%F(
field[,
mailbox]) 
Disk space%D
P
[
repetition](D) 
DollarsP
[...

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Extension fieldext_no
@
%E
*Extensions, partially supervised transferU-
ext_no
Fax, incremental(
file)
Fax, initialization%A
Fax, receiveJ(
file_or_box,
phone_no[,
tokens]) 
Fax, sendT(
file,
phone_no[,
tokens]) 
Fields, process extension or Notify field as 
tokens@
Fields, returns number of characters in a 
stringLEN[
string] 
Fields, values in mailbox record%F(
field [,
mailbox]) 
Fields, Variable field in notification record%V
Fields, Extension %E
Fields,...

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Files, write](
file) 
N(
file,
field,
value{,
field,
variable})
FrancsP
[
repetition](
amount,
currency) 
Free disk spaceP
[
repetition] (D) 
%D
FrequencyKB(
frequency,
msecs) 
From%I(
field,
msg_no[,
mailbox])
GotoG(
mailbox) 
GreetingP
[
repetition](
greeting[,
mailbox]) 
Hang-up[
ext_no]H
O(
time) 
Hang-up, cleanupH(
mailbox) 
Hang-up, partially supervisedU-
ext_no
HookflashF
O(
time) 
IfI(
value,
operator,
value,
mailbox) 
Import, file{
file}
Information mailboxesM(...