Procedures
Procedures consist of one or more commands, function calls, or variable assignments, separated by newlines or semicolons, and are contained within curly braces. Commands fall into five groups:
Variable or array assignments
Input/Output commands
Built-in functions
Control-flow commands
User-defined functions
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