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PDL Format Rules

There are very few rules for the formatting of a CA Ideal program. With the exception of the limitations outlined in Lexical Rules section, you can enter PDL programs in free format. You can continue statements over lines without the use of continuation characters, statements can begin in any column, and there are no spacing rules.

Different rules apply to embedded SQL (see the Format Rules section in the chapter "Procedure Definition Language Statements").