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The statements that you use in SCL programs must conform to
the following rules:
- You must end each SCL program statement with a
semicolon.
- You can place any number of SCL program statements
on a single line as long as you separate the individual statements with semicolons.
If you plan to use the SCL debugger, it is helpful to begin each statement
on a separate line.
- You can continue an SCL program statement from
one line to the next as long as no keyword is split.
- You can begin SCL program statements in any column.
- You must
separate words in SCL program statements
with blanks or with special characters such as the equal sign (=) or another
operator.
- You must place arguments for SCL functions and
CALL routines within parentheses.
- If a function or CALL routine takes more than
one argument, you must separate the arguments with commas.
- Character arguments that are literal values must
be enclosed in either single or double quotation marks (for example,
'Y' or
"N").
- Numeric arguments cannot be enclosed in quotation
marks.
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