Specifications

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Syntax:
CONST constname = expr
Parameter:
constname
A label, identifier, or string expression of a maximum of 10 characters con-
sisting of alphanumerics and period (.).
expr
A string constant
Description:
CONST replaces a label, identifier or a character string specified by constname
with a string constant defined by expr before compiling.
• expr may contain labels defined by other CONST declarations. However, calling
those labels each other (recursively) will result in an error.
• A
CONST statement can appear anywhere in your source program. However, it
will take effect from a program line following the
CONST declaration.
Declarative statement
CONST
Defines symbolic constants to be replaced with labels.