symbol-name Specifies a 1- to 31-character user-defined symbol to be associated with the specified value. The symbol name must start with an alphabetic character, and can consist of alphanumeric characters, dollar signs ($), underscores (_), and/or periods (.). (PATCH does not distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters; that is, the value ABC is equivalent to the value abc.) The symbol name cannot be a pathname. value Specifies a numeric address or symbolic expression that is to be assigned the specified symbolic name.