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For a function, method, procedure, program, or property, it is used after all [[Const|const]], [[Type|type]] and [[Var|var]] declarations, and before the first executable statement. It is always terminated by an [[End|end]] statement: | For a function, method, procedure, program, or property, it is used after all [[Const|const]], [[Type|type]] and [[Var|var]] declarations, and before the first executable statement. It is always terminated by an [[End|end]] statement: | ||
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program Project1; | program Project1; | ||
var (..); | var (..); | ||
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(..); | (..); | ||
end. | end. | ||
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For a block statement, it delineates the top of the block, and is also terminated by an end statement: | For a block statement, it delineates the top of the block, and is also terminated by an end statement: | ||
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if (..) then | if (..) then | ||
begin | begin | ||
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(..) | (..) | ||
end; | end; | ||
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A '''begin''' ''must'' be closed with '''[[End|end]]'''. | A '''begin''' ''must'' be closed with '''[[End|end]]'''. | ||
{{Keywords}} | {{Keywords}} | ||
Revision as of 14:56, 24 March 2012
The keyword begin is used to indicate the start of the executable section of a function, method of an object, procedure, program, property of an object, or is used to delineate the start of a block statement.
For a function, method, procedure, program, or property, it is used after all const, type and var declarations, and before the first executable statement. It is always terminated by an end statement:
program Project1;
var (..);
begin
(..);
end.For a block statement, it delineates the top of the block, and is also terminated by an end statement:
if (..) then
begin
(..)
end
else
begin
(..)
end;A begin must be closed with end.
Keywords: begin — do — else — end — for — if — repeat — then — until — while
