pyds.Symbol

class pyds.Symbol(value, validate=True)

Bases: pyds.Scalar

Represents a PDS symbol value.

Parameters

• value (str)

  The symbol value.

• validate (bool)

  Whether value should be checked to see if it’s a valid symbol value.

Raises

• ValueError

  If value is not a valid PDS symbol.

Attributes

value

The symbol value. str: instance. Read-only.

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Special Methods

Symbol.__str__()

Return a PDS serialized string (str) representing the object.

Called by str().