Glossary
This glossary provides definitions of terms used in the ARexx manual.
assignment clause
A variable symbol (simple, stem or compound symbol) followed by an = operator. In an assignment clause, the tokens to the right of the = sign are evaluated and the result is assigned to the variable symbol.
compound symbol
A token made up of alphanumeric or
.
,
!
,
?
,
$
,
_
characters with one or more periods within the name. Compound symbols have the structure
.
expression
A group of tokens to be evaluated. Expressions are made up of strings, symbols, operators, and parentheses.
function libraries
A collection of one or more functions organized as an Amiga shared library. A function library must contain a library name, a search priority, an entry point offset, and a version number.
operators
A character such as (+
), (-
), or (|
) used in an arithmetic, concatenation, comparison, or logical operation.
storage environment
The variable components of an ARexx program, including the symbol table, numeric options, trace options and host address strings.
symbol
Any group of the alphanumeric characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9, period (.), exclamation point (!), question mark (?), dollar sign ($), or underscore (_).
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