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Table I–1 shows synonymous forms supported by the MAINSAIL compiler. In the case of curly brackets, the compiler does not require that curly brackets be matched only by curly brackets and square brackets only by square brackets; e.g., if a is a one-dimensional ARRAY and i an INTEGER, a{i] and a[i} are legal and equivalent.
| Usual Form | Synonymous Form |
|---|---|
| := | _ |
| ^ | ** |
| NEQ | <> |
| LEQ | <= |
| GEQ | >= |
| SHL | << |
| SHR | >> |
| [ | { |
| ] | } |
| DOB | DO BEGIN |
| EL | ELSE |
| EF | ELSE IF |
| EB | ELSE BEGIN |
| THENB | THEN BEGIN |
| OFB | OF BEGIN |
| $HANDLEB | $HANDLE BEGIN |
| $WITHB | $WITH BEGIN |