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LONG_FORM Directive

             Use Long Variable Names

Format

LONG_FORM

Description

Use the LONG_FORM directive to have the ProvideX compiler's input-parsing

routine accept long variable names (default mode). The complementary directive is

SHORT_FORM, which allows only short variable names.

You can write programs in either SHORT_FORM or LONG_FORM or a combination of

both. You can also run programs in either mode.

See Also

'LF' System Parameter, p.670,

SHORT_FORM Use Short Variable Names, p.323.

Examples

-:LONG_FORM

-:LONG_NAME$="OK"

-:SHORT_FORM

-:LONG_NAME$="NOT OK IN SHORT_FORM"

Error #20: Syntax error ...ONGNAME$="L... (Long variable name not

accepted)

-:L$="OKAY IN SHORT_FORM"