TAL Programmer's Guide

Contents
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Section 6 Using Simple Variables
Declaring Simple Variables 6-1
Specifying Data Types 6-1
Initializing Simple Variables 6-2
Allocating Simple Variables 6-3
Assigning Data to Simple Variables 6-4
Assigning Variables 6-4
Matching Data Types 6-4
Converting Data Types 6-4
Assigning Character Strings 6-4
Multiple Variables 6-5
Simple Variables by Data Type 6-5
STRING Simple Variables 6-5
INT Simple Variables 6-6
INT(32) Simple Variables 6-8
REAL Simple Variables 6-9
REAL(64) Simple Variables 6-10
FIXED Simple Variables 6-11
UNSIGNED Simple Variables 6-13
Section 7 Using Arrays
Declaring Arrays 7-1
Using Indirection 7-2
Specifying Data Types 7-2
Initializing Arrays 7-2
Arrays by Data Type 7-4
Allocating Arrays 7-8
Addressability of Arrays 7-11
Accessing Arrays 7-12
Indexing Arrays 7-12
Assigning Data to Array Elements 7-13
Assigning the Address of Arrays 7-13
Copying Data Into Arrays 7-14
Copying a Constant List Into an Array 7-14
Copying Data Between Arrays 7-15
Copying Data Within an Array 7-17
Using the Next Address 7-17
Concatenating Copy Operations 7-18