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Argument to procedures can be passed by value or address. To pass an argument by address, prefix
the argument name in the formal parameter list by the keyword VAR; otherwise the argument is
passed by value. Only variables can be passed by address. Expressions like A+B, where A and B are
integer variables can be passed by value but cannot be passed by address.
Two basic types of variables are supported:
INTEGER and STRING
In the STRING, since the ASCII null character is internally used to indicate the end of the sequence,
it cannot be part of the string. All other characters, including extended ASCII characters can be part
of the string.
There are two types of conditional constructs:
IF and SWITCH
The IF statement is a two-way branching construct. The condition can be an arbitrary expression.
The condition in the IF statement should evaluate to an integer or real. If the expression in the IF
statement evaluates to non-zero, the control enters the THEN statement, otherwise control enters the
ELSE statement.
The SWITCH statement is a multi-way branching construct. The type of conditional expression
should be either INTEGER or STRING. The value of the conditional expression is matched against
the constraints given in the CASE options, if the value matches a CASE option value, control enters
that CASE option. If the values do not match any of the CASE options, and if a DEFAULT option is
provided, control continues at the DEFAULT option; otherwise control continues at the statement after
the ENDSWITCH. If control enters one of the CASE or DEFAULT statements, all the statements up
to the next ENDCASE statement are executed. Each CASE or DEFAULT statement should be
terminated by a matching ENDCASE keyword. The SWITCH statement should be terminated by a
ENDSWITCH keyword. The DEFAULT statement can be placed anywhere within the scope of the
SWITCH statement. There can be only one DEFAULT statement.
There are two types of iterative constructs:
FOR and WHILE
The FOR construct sets the loop control variable to an initial value. The control variable is checked
for bounds, and if within bounds, the <statement_list> given is executed; otherwise the loop
execution terminates. After each execution of <statement_list>, the control variable is incremented or
decremented by a certain value. This is computed as follows: if the STEP expression is given it is the
value of the expression, else it is 1. The control variable is incremented if TO is specified, and is
decremented if DOWNTO is specified. After updating the control variable the bounds check is done
again. The keyword ENDFOR is mandatory at the end of the loop.
The WHILE loop has an expression and a <statement_list>. The expression is evaluated and if the
expression is non-zero the <statement_list> is executed; otherwise the loop execution terminates.
The keyword ENDWHILE is mandatory at the end of the loop.
Operator Precedence:
Operators are listed in the order of precedence
Unary Operators :-!(unary minus, logical negation)
Binary Operators :*/ + _< > <= >= == ! = && II
All the operators are left associative. Expressions are evaluated completely; so care must be taken
while writing expressions. For example, expressions like (a !=0 && b / a) would create run time error.