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Keyword Assignment Statements

A keyword represents the value of a data element. There are two types of keywords: system keywords and user keywords.

User keywords must be defined by a Keyword Assignment Statement before they can be used in Logic Control Statements or substituted into a Data Statement.

CA‑PanAPT automatically initializes most system keywords. Most of them cannot be changed by a Keyword Assignment Statement. See System Keywords topic later in this chapter for those keywords that can be changed by assignment statements.

Keyword values can be tested by the Model Control Statements, and thus can be used to control logic in a model. Keyword values can be substituted into a data statement.