Com llegir Diagrames i declaracions

Les expressions del Collabora Office Basic utilitzen diagrames de sintaxi i convencions textuals que segueixen aquestes regles tipogràfiques:

• Collabora Office Basic keywords or functions use proper casing: Call, DimArray, InputBox, Property.

• Lowercase characters indicate information to supply: end, expression, start, variable.

The syntax of a Collabora Office Basic one line statement is illustrated herewith:

Diagram example

• Basic statement diagrams start and end with double vertical bars,

• Loops indicate a possible repetition, an optional separator may be present,

• Rectangles denote subsequent diagram fragments,

• Diagram fragments extremities exhibit single vertical bars.

A set of Collabora Office Basic statements - with optional labels - is using a colon : sign to separate them, it can be terminated with an optional comment. REM or an apostrophe sign introduce a comment.

Textual example

• [opt1|opt2|opt3] Els ítems de entre parèntesis són alternatives opcionals que s'indiquen amb una barra vertical

• El cas [[sep]...] Un el·lipsi indica una possible repetició es pot especificar un separador opcional

• {choice1|choice2} ítems dins de claus són alternatives obligatòries que s'indiquen amb una barra vertical.

[ [label:] statement [: …] ] [{REM|'} text]

A set of Collabora Office Basic statements - with optional labels - is using a colon : sign to separate them, it can be terminated with an optional comment. REM or an apostrophe sign introduce a comment.

Sub Main
    GoTo there ' skip first statement
    here: Print 1, : there: Print 2 REM explanatory text here
End Sub