Named parameters are shown in an italic monospaced font. You can replace any named parameter with the actual parameter, which can be a constant, a literal, a bind variable, or a number.
SET_TIMER(timer_name, milliseconds, iterate);In this example, the timer name you supply must be enclosed in single quotes, because the timer_name is a CHAR value. The milliseconds parameter is passed as a number and, as such, does not require single quotes. The iterate parameter is passed as a constant, and, as such, must be entered exactly as shown in the parameter description, without single quotes. Capitalization is unimportant.
In those cases where a number of optional elements are available, various alternate syntax statements are presented. These alternatives are presented to preclude having to decipher various complicated syntactical conventions.
Note that you sometimes use variables instead of including a specific object name. In those cases, do not enclose the variable within single quotes. The following example illustrates a When-Timer-Expired trigger that calls the SET_TIMER Built-in and references a variable that contains a valid timer name:
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