Rules for SCL Statements

The statements that you use in SCL programs must conform to the following rules:

• You must end each SCL program statement with a semicolon.

• You can place any number of SCL program statements on a single line as long as you separate the individual statements with semicolons. If you plan to use the SCL debugger, it is helpful to begin each statement on a separate line.

• You can continue an SCL program statement from one line to the next as long as no keyword is split.

• You can begin SCL program statements in any column.

• You must separate words in SCL program statements with blanks or with special characters such as the equal sign (=) or another operator.

• You must place arguments for SCL functions and CALL routines within parentheses.

• If a function or CALL routine takes more than one argument, you must separate the arguments with commas.

• Character arguments that are literal values must be enclosed in either single or double quotation marks (for example, 'Y' or "N" ).

• Numeric arguments cannot be enclosed in quotation marks.

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