Working with keywords and keyword values

Keywords are not case sensitive. All values are strings, or strings that represent integers. An integer keyword can have a fixed numeric range of legal values. A string keyword can support a fixed set of legal values or accept any string.

There are eight different keyword types. The type of a particular keyword can be determined by retrieving its Type qualifier. For more information, refer to Keyword qualifiers. The following table describes each keyword type:

This keyword type...

Indicates that the keyword represents...

Integer

A string representing an integer value. For example: 12

String

A string value.

Array

An array of multiple values.

Struct

A structure containing multiple named values (elements).

StructAndArray

Both a structure with multiple elements and an array of values.

Filename

A file name (string). For example: readme.txt

Object

A managed object name (string). For example: Supervisor

IPAddress

An IP address (string). For example: 255:255:255:0