Convention | Usage |
Monospace | Indicates keywords, symbols, or punctuation that you must enter as shown. |
Italics | Represent a variable name for which you must supply a value. This convention is used in explanatory test, as well as syntax. |
[ ] brackets | Indicate an optional item. |
{ } braces | Indicate an optional item that you can repeat as many times as appropriate. |
| (vertical bar) | Indicates a list of mutually exclusive items (that is, you can select only one item from the list). |