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9.21 begin

Synopsis

 
begin
  statement;
  statement;
  ...
  statement
end;

Description

The reserved word `begin' opens a `begin ... end' statement which joins several statements to one compound statement.

Conforming to

`begin' is defined in ISO 7185 Pascal

Example

 
program BeginDemo;
begin
  if True then
    WriteLn ('single statement');
  if True then
    begin                     { clamp statement1 ... }
      WriteLn ('statement1');
      WriteLn ('statement2')
    end                       { ... to statement2 }
end.

See also

section 8.1.7.2 begin end Compound Statement, section 9.70 end



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