TAL Reference Manual

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2 Language Elements
This section lists the elements that make up the TAL language. The elements listed
include:
Character Set
TAL supports the complete ASCII character set, which includes:
•
Uppercase and lowercase alphabetic characters
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Numeric characters (0 through 9)
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Special characters
For more information on the ASCII character set, see Appendix D of the TAL
Programmer’s Guide.
Declarations
Declarations allocate storage and associate identifiers with variables and other
declarable objects in a program.
Variables include data items such as simple variables, arrays, structures, pointers, and
equivalenced variables.
Other declarable objects include procedures, LITERALs, DEFINEs, labels, and entry
points.
Character Set 2-1
Declarations 2-1
Statements 2-2
Identifiers 2-4
Keywords 2-2
Constants 2-5
Variables 2-6
Indirection symbols 2-7
Address base symbols 2-7
Delimiters 2-8
Operators 2-9