Pascal Programming

Written by Leung King Yung

Simple Program 1

begin end.

Simple Program 2
program Test; uses wincrt; begin writeln(Good Afternoon!); end.

Simple Program 2
Results:

Reserverd Words
These are the common reserved words of pascal program. You cannot use this as a variable name.
begin end program var string if then else for to downto while do repeat until procedure function in

Program Title
program Test; {This is the program title(you can omit it)} begin {Main Body} end.

Data type
These are the common data type of pascal program.
Type Explanation Additional explanation Example

integer Whole numbers

3, 104, 0, -9
'Hello World', '456,4' 'b', 'A', '7' True, False 4.0, -0.08, 48.6, 2.0E4

string char boolean real

String variable Character

(Text) (One character)

Boolean variable
Real numbers

Can only be True or False

(Floating point numbers)

Declaring variable
program Test; var i : integer; var s : string; var c : char; var b : boolean; var r : real; begin {Main Body} end.

program Test; Uses wincrt; var i : integer; s : string; c : char; b : boolean; r : real; Begin I := 0; Writeln(i); end.

Declaring variable

Using Library
program Test; uses wincrt; {Wincrt is a common library in turbo pascal for i/o manipulations wincrt.tpu} var i : integer; begin {Main Body} end.

Using Variables
program Test; uses wincrt; var i : integer; Begin Readln(i); writeln(i); end.

Using Variables
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Using Variables
program Test; uses wincrt; var i : integer; j : integer; begin i := 7; j := 3; i := i + j; writeln(i); end.

Using Variables
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Comparing VB with Pascal

VB: Dim i as integer Pascal: var i : integer;
VB: i = 10 Pascal: i := 10; VB: comment Pascal: {Comment}/(*Comment*)

Comparing VB with Pascal

VB: Dim j as integer j = 10 If j = 10 then print J = 10 Else print J <> 10 End If

Comparing VB with Pascal

Pascal: Uses wincrt; var j : integer; begin j := 10; if j = 10 then writeln(J = 10) else writeln(J <> 10); End.

IFTHENELSE
program Test; var j : integer; begin j := 10; if j = 10 then writeln(J = 10) {*** No ;} else writeln(J <> 10); writeln(End of program); end;

IFTHENELSE

The whole If-Phrase

program Test; var j : integer; begin j := 10; if j = 10 then writeln(J = 10) else writeln(J <> 10); writeln(End of program); end;

Complicated IFTHENELSE
if i = 10 then if j = 10 then writeln(i = 10 and j = 10) else writeln(i = 10 and j <> 10) else writeln(i <> 10 and j <> 10);
Correct Program

Complicated IFTHENELSE
if i = 10 then if j = 10 then writeln(i = 10 and j = 10) else writeln(i = 10 and j <> 10); else writeln(i <> 10 and j <> 10);
Wrong semicolon (Syntax Error)

Comment
begin {This is a comment} (* This is also a comment*) end.