Part 1: Declarations, assignments and statements |
Declarations and Statements Here are examples of how declarations, assignments and statements are created in HAL. |
/********************************************************************************/ /* Declarations of variables */ /* All variable declarations in a procedure or function must be done before */ /* anything else. */ /********************************************************************************/ integer a,b,c; /* declararion of integers */ string 60 str; /* declararion of a string of lenght 60 */ val v; /* declaration of a value, large decimal value */ longint d; /* declaration of a long int, large value without decimals */ boolean f; /* declaration of a boolean, can either be true or false */ date d; /* declaration of a date */ /********************************************************************************/ /* Assignments */ /********************************************************************************/ a = 3; /* assign a value to a variable */ b = 5; c = a + b; str = "Hello!"; str = str & " Hello!"; /* concatenate two strings */ v = 12323897.98834994; f = true; /*********************************************************************************************/ /* Statements */ /*********************************************************************************************/ /* Example of if statement */ /* The double equal sign means that we compare two values. In the if statement you can */ /* also use other operators as "<" smaller than, ">=" lager or equal to etc. Many conditions */ /* can be put together separated by OR or AND. See the matematical operators for a complete */ /* list. The second section of the if statement after the first end key word is optional. */ /*********************************************************************************************/ if(a == 3) then begin /* Code to be executed if a is equal to 3 */ end else begin /* Code to be executed if a is not equal to 3 */ end; /*********************************************************************************************/ /* Example of switch statement */ /* Can also handle stings. */ /*********************************************************************************************/ switch(a) begin case 2: /* Code to be executed if a is equal to 2 */ case 3: /* Code to be executed if a is equal to 3 */ otherwise /* Code to be executed if a is not equal to 2 or 3 */ end; /*********************************************************************************************/ /* Example of for loop */ /*********************************************************************************************/ for(a = 0; a < 10; a = a + 1) begin /* Code to be repeated 10 times */ end; /*********************************************************************************************/ /* Example of while loop */ /*********************************************************************************************/ a = 0; while(a < 5) begin /* Code to be repeated 5 times */ a = a + 1; end; |