Re: Manual problem
- Posted by DerekParnell (admin) Aug 20, 2009
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ryanj said...
Maybe I didn't explain well enough...why does Section 5 contain some sort of odd syntax instead of the nicely-written plain english sentences that are in all the other documentation?
Why is it like this?
The "odd syntax" is a syntax language based on the Extended Backus-Naur Form, which is understood by those that study programming languages. It is a formal representation of a language's syntax.
If you don't understand this section then you probably don't need to 
I guess we could do an English version of the section, but it would be a bit dry.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alpha-Character | a byte in the range 'a' - 'z' or in the range 'A' - 'Z' |
| Digit | a byte in the range '0' to '9' |
| Underscore | the byte value '_' |
| Identifier | an Alpha-Character or Underscore followed by any number of Alpha-characters, Underscores or Digits. |
| For Statement | The text 'for' followed by a For-Index, optionally followed by a By-Clause , followed by the text 'do', followed by zero or more Statements, followed by the text 'end', followed by the text 'for' |
etc etc etc ...
