SCL Fundamentals

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.