JPS63627A - Key word setting processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] A keyword setting processing method that allows a keyword of a programming language to be set as a desired word by a user, etc. The content of a correspondence table for converting a keyword into a predetermined code is displayed on a display device, and when the keyword is updated on the display screen, the updated keyword is set in the table. This method makes it easy to use terms that are familiar to the field of application as keywords, making the programming language easier to use.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a method for setting keywords of a programming language in a computer.

Programming languages generally have keywords defined in each language as words representing commands and the like, as is well known. A user can utilize the functions of the programming language by specifying necessary commands using predetermined keywords.

Therefore, in order to use a certain programming language, a user is required to accurately input a predetermined keyword specifying a desired function.

[Prior art and problems to be solved by the invention] Many types of languages are used as programming languages for describing computer processing procedures.

For example, a type of language called a simple language has become popular as a programming language that allows non-experts in computer programming to specify necessary processing with relatively few descriptions, with the aim of making it easier to use computers. are doing.

However, even in the case of a simple language, there are generally some specific language conventions, and unless the instructions for the required items are entered in an instruction format that follows them, the processing system of that language will not be able to interpret it. .

For example, ``# input table ``Customer Master'' specifies that a file saved under the name ``Customer Mask'' is to be used as input table data that has a specific meaning for processing in that simple language. can do.

In this case, an "input table" is a word for which a specific meaning is clearly defined for the processing system of this language (i.e., a convention regarding what is necessary for a word to specify the above meaning), and such a The words used for are called keywords, and #
is used as a symbol that must be added before the keyword to facilitate identification.

The processing system for this language has a table such as the one shown in FIG.
For example, when the keyword "#input table" is input, the table is searched for a character string that matches that keyword, and the code corresponding to that character string (ro O02J
).

The code is used, for example, to determine one of the processes configured to be classified by it and for the language's processing system to launch that process.

Therefore, the user must use the keyword that specifies the intended process correctly; inputting an incorrect keyword will result in the specification being unable to be processed or another process being executed incorrectly. obtain.

By the way, for each keyword, we usually use appropriate words that are reminiscent of the items specified by each keyword, but as a language processing system, it is important to consider that the language will be used in as wide a range of application fields as possible. Then, select general words that can be commonly applied to those fields as keywords.

As a result, for users working in a specific application field, the keywords are not necessarily just terms that are familiar to them (this makes it difficult to understand the ease of use of the programming language).
There is often a problem with this.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 is a process flowchart showing the configuration of the present invention.

In the figure, ■ is a human-powered device, 2 is a display device, 3 is a processing device, 4 is a storage device, 5 is a table, and 10 to 17 are processing steps of a programming language processing system executed by the processing device 3.

[For production]

A user inputs necessary instructions, data, etc. from the input device 1 to the processing device 3, and the output is displayed on the display device 2. The storage device 4 has a table 5 showing the correspondence between keywords and codes.
is retained.

In this table 5, character strings determined by the processing system are initially arranged as keywords for each code.

When a user wants to change a keyword and use it, the user inputs a predetermined process type designation from the input device 1 and designates the keyword change.

The processing device 3 receives this designation input in a processing step 10, and if keyword change processing is specified, reads the table from the storage device 4 in a processing step 12 via a processing step 11, and in a processing step 13. The read table is displayed on the display device 2.

The user operates the input device 1 to input information for modifying the character string of the keyword that needs to be changed, and the processing device 3 receives the input from the input device 1 in processing step 14 .

In processing step 15, the input is identified, and if it is modification information, in processing step 16, the character string of the keyword of the read table is modified with the modification information, and the process returns to processing step I3.

In this way, the keyword character string on the display screen of the display device 2 is modified through the processing loop of processing steps 13 to 16.

When the input of a predetermined modification end instruction is identified in processing step 15, the process branches to processing step 17, where the table 5 held in the storage device 4 is updated with the information of the modification result, and the processing ends.

The above processing method makes it easy to change the keyword character string to a term suitable for the field of application for each user's system.

〔Example〕

In FIG. 1, a user inputs necessary instructions, data, etc. from an input device 1 to a processing device 3, and the output is displayed on a display device 2. The input device 1 includes, for example, a keyboard,
The display device 2 is a so-called CRT display device.

For example, a storage device 4 consisting of a magnetic floppy storage device holds a table 5 showing the correspondence between keywords and codes.

The processing device 3 is mainly composed of, for example, a microprocessor and an appropriate amount of random access memory, and reads a program from a storage device 4 or the like into the memory and executes it.

As described above, the table 5 held in the storage device 4 has a structure as shown in FIG. 2, for example, as shown in FIG.

Table 5 is used, as described above, to identify keywords in the processing of this programming language.

When a user wants to change a keyword and use it, the user inputs a predetermined process type designation from the input device 1 and designates the keyword change.

The processing device 3 receives this designation input in processing step 10, identifies the processing type in processing step 11, and if keyword change processing is specified, processing step 12 is performed.
Proceed to.

In processing step 12, the table is read from storage device 4 and stored in the memory within processing device 3, and in processing step 13, this table information is output to display device 2 for display.

The user sees this display and selects the keywords that need to be changed.
Information for modifying a character string is input manually from the input device 1.

This operation is similar to the editing function known as a so-called screen editor, for example, by operating the keyboard of the input device t to move the cursor on the display screen to the display position of the character string to be corrected, and then By inputting a new character string from the keyboard, the character string is rewritten.

In order to control such modifications, the processing device 3 sequentially receives input from the human-powered device 1 in processing step 14,
Identification is made using the processing step knob 15, and if the correction information is corrected, the character string of the keyword of the read table is corrected in accordance with the correction information in processing step 16, and the process returns to the display output processing of processing step 13.

In this way, the processing loop of processing steps 13 to 16 is repeated, and the character string of the keyword in the table is modified on the display screen of the display device 2. For example, from the table of FIG. 2+81, as shown in (b) The keyword string is changed.

When it is determined in processing step 15 that a predetermined correction end instruction has been input, the process branches to processing step 17, where the table 5 held in the storage device 4 is updated with the table information of the correction result, and the processing ends.

Therefore, in the subsequent processing of the programming language,
For example, the table with the contents shown in FIG. 2(b) is used instead of the table in FIG.
The function specified by "#input table" is "#master input table"
The keyword will be changed as specified.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily change keyword character strings in computer programming language processing to terms appropriate for the application field for each user's system. This has a significant industrial effect of making the programming language easier to use and improving the usability of computer systems.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a table. 5 is a table, and 10 to 17 are processing steps.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A computer having a display device (2) and an input device (1),
In a programming language processing system, a table (5) that holds a correspondence between keywords defined in the programming language and codes defined for each keyword, and means (12) for displaying the contents of the table on the display device.
, 13), and means (13-1) for updating the keywords displayed on the display device based on specified information input from the input device.
6), and the updated keyword is set and held in the table (17).