The & symbol may be used in a message to allow parameters to be passed to it.
Ordered Parameters
Message 777 of class sabapdemos:
Message with type &1 &2 in event &3
Calling this message with three parameters will return a message using the parameters:
MESSAGE i050(sabapdemos) WITH 'E' '010' 'START-OF-SELECTION`.
This message will be displayed as Message with type E 010 in event START-OF-SELECTION. The number next to the & symbol designates the order in which the parameters are displayed.
Unordered Parameters
Message 888 of class sabapdemos:
& & & &
The calling of this message is similar:
MESSAGE i050(sabapdemos) WITH 'param1' 'param2' 'param3' 'param4'.
This will output param1 param2 param3 param4.