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Appendix G - Symbol Table		appendix

Description:
Symbol Table:

Symbol	Example	Description
`	` MOVEQ #0,D0	When used as the first character in a line, the grave (back apostrophe) tells the compiler that the code on that line should be handled by the PPC or 68K assembler.
byte`	x`= expr	Signed byte variable
byte``	x``= expr	Unsigned byte variable
word%	x% = expr	Signed integer
word%`	x%` = expr	Unsigned integer
long&	x& = expr	Signed long integer
long&`	x&` = expr	Unsigned long integer
single!	x! = expr	Single precision
double#	x# = expr	Double precision
"	"text"	Literal string
$	x$ = expr	Pascal String
$$	x$$ = expr	2 Gig container
;	Dim x;4	Force a specific size for a dimensioned variable
||	expr || expr	Or
&&	expr && expr	And
^&	expr ^& expr	Nand (Not And)
^|	expr ^| expr	Nor (Not Or)
^^	expr ^^ expr	Xor
!=	expr != expr	Not equal < >>
_	_constant = 4	Identifies a constant
_	_"PICT"	The text in quotes is taken as a 4 byte restype or OStype
||	|expr|	Peek (or Peek Byte)
{}	{expr}	Peek Word
[]	[expr]	Peek Long
|	| expr	Poke (or Poke Byte)
%	% expr	Poke Word
&	& expr	Poke Long
&	&hexExpr	Hexadecimal number
&H	&HhexExpr	Hexadecimal number
0x	0xhexExpr	Hexadecimal number
&O	&Oexpr	Octal literal
&X	&Xexpr	Binary literal
'	' remark	Indicates the beginning of a remark
//	// remark	Indicates the beginning of a remark
/* */	/* remark */	Marks the beginning and end of a multi-line block remark
#	#parameter	If a function or proceedure expects to receive a variable (to which it may point for an address) as a parameter, you cannot substitute a specific address. The pound (#) symbol overrides that feature and tells FutureBasic not to convert the parameter to an address.
@	@varName	Specifies that the operation should use the address of a variable rather than the contents of a variable. This does not work for register variables.