SIMSCRIPT II.5 Programming Language

Appendix C. SIMSCRIPT Reference Syntax
C.3 Metavariables
In order to compress the syntax description of the statements, several commonly repeated expressions,
or metavariables, are defined here rather than at each permissible usage.
arithmetic expression: = [ + | - ] { ( expression )
| number
| subprogram constant
| string constant
| [ $ ] variable
} < + | - | * | / | ** >
array reference: = ( [ expression ] < , > { * } < , > )
comma: = { , | and |, and }
for phrase:
for { name { back from | = } expression to expression [ by expression ]
| { each | all | every }
{ permanent entity name | resource name [ called variable ]
| name [ { from | after } expression ]
{ of | in | on | at } set name [ subscript ]
[ in reverse order ]
}
}
} [ , ] [ selection clause | termination clause ] < >
format:
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