pTAL Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.09+, J06.03+)

2 Language Elements
The elements that make up the pTAL language include:
• Character Set (page 36)
• Keywords (page 37)
• Delimiters (page 38)
• Operators (page 39)
• Base Address Symbols (page 40)
• Indirection Symbols (page 41)
• Declarations (page 41)
• Typed Integer Constants (page 44)
• Statements (page 45)
Character Set
pTAL supports the complete ASCII character set, which includes:
• Uppercase and lowercase alphabetic characters (A through Z.)
• Numeric characters (0 through 9)
• Special characters
Table 8 Special Characters
DescriptionCharacterDescriptionCharacter
Quotation mark"Exclamation point!
Percent sign%Dollar sign$
Apostrophe'Ampersand&
Closing parenthesis)Opening parenthesis(
Plus+Asterisk*
Hyphen (minus)-Comma,
Right slash/Period (decimal point).
Semicolon;Colon:
Equals=Less than<
Question mark?Greater than>
Opening bracket[Commercial at sign@
Closing bracket]Back slash\
Underscore_Circumflex^
Opening brace{Grave accent`
Closing brace}Vertical line|
Tilde~
36 Language Elements