Forget the comma thread. Now lose semicolons

[[-hh]]

Hi Craig, wizard of LC specials.

The secret here is that LC uses tokens to parse statements.
Token delimiters are semicolon, space, tab and return.

So, every sequence of valid statements delimited by one or several of these delimiters compiles and works.
Exception: After "mouseUp" (in general: a handler name) is a space allowed only if a parameter name follows.

For example put these two lines into a button's script to see it working:

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On mouseUp; put "a" into fld 1 put "b" into fld 2
do ("put 3 into fld 3"&tab&"put 4 into fld 4") end mouseUp

Kind regards, Hermann

[dunbarx]

Hello Hermann, master of precision, detail and formalism.

Or was that precision detail and formalism?

I understand tokens. I am still amazed that the spaces *within* a command phrase are properly parsed between the spaces *among* multiple command phrases.

Craig