Section 9. Programming
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9.9.2 Parameter Types
Many instructions have parameters that allow different types of inputs. Common
input type prompts are listed below. Allowed input types are specifically
identified in the description of each instruction in CRBASIC Editor Help.
• Constant, or Expression that evaluates as a constant
• Variable
• Variable or Array
• Constant, Variable, or Expression
• Constant, Variable, Array, or Expression
• Name
• Name or list of Names
• Variable, or Expression
• Variable, Array, or Expression
9.9.3 Names in Parameters
TABLE. Rules for Names (p. 85) lists the maximum length and allowed
characters for the names for Variables, Arrays, Constants, etc. The CRBASIC
Editor pre-compiler will identify names that are too long or improperly
formatted.
Table 10. Rules for Names
Name for
Maximum Length
(number of characters)
Allowed characters
Variable or Array 16
Constant 16
Units 10
Alias 16
Station Name 16
Data Table Name 16
Field name 16
Field Name
Description
58
Letters A-Z, upper or lower case,
underscore "_", and numbers 0-9.
The name must start with a letter.
CRBASIC is not case sensitive
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