TAL Reference Manual

TAL Syntax Summary (Railroad Diagrams)

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$RP Function

The $RP function returns the current setting of the compiler’s internal RP counter. (RP

is the register stack pointer.)

$SCALE Function

The $SCALE function moves the position of the implied decimal point by adjusting the

internal representation of a FIXED (

fpoint) expression.

$SPECIAL Function

The $SPECIAL function tests the right half of an INT value for the presence of an

ASCII special (non-alphanumeric) character.

$SWITCHES Function

See Section 15, Privileged Procedures

$TYPE Function

The $TYPE function returns a value that indicates the data type of a variable.

$RP

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$SCALE ( fixed - expression , scale )

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$SPECIAL ( int - expresion

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$TYPE

( variable )

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