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| language:introduction [2022/05/13 12:31] – rajit | language:introduction [2025/09/04 11:09] (current) – [Loops and conditionals] rajit | ||
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| parser was expecting. Error messages are accompanied by the file name, | parser was expecting. Error messages are accompanied by the file name, | ||
| line number, and column number of the item that resulted in the error. | line number, and column number of the item that resulted in the error. | ||
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| + | The variable names '' | ||
| + | ACT language features like functions and user-defined types. | ||
| The names in the port list of a user-defined type are the only parts of | The names in the port list of a user-defined type are the only parts of | ||
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| The parentheses are used to group the body of the loop. '' | The parentheses are used to group the body of the loop. '' | ||
| the dummy variable, and it ranges from zero to eight in this | the dummy variable, and it ranges from zero to eight in this | ||
| - | example. | + | example. In general if only one integer is specified for |
| - | the body of the loop. | + | |
| the range, the variable ranges from zero to one less than the integer. | the range, the variable ranges from zero to one less than the integer. | ||
| + | This is a special case of a more general [[syntacticreplication|syntactic replication]] construct | ||
| + | that can be used in many contexts. | ||
| The conditional statement uses the guarded command notation. They are | The conditional statement uses the guarded command notation. They are | ||