JMP 11 Scripting Guide, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

JSL Syntax Rules

All scripting and programming languages have their own syntax rules. JSL looks familiar if you have programmed in languages such as C and Java. However, rules for punctuation and spaces differ in JSL.

The following sections describe JSL syntax rules for the following basic components of the language:

• “Value Separators”

• “Numbers”

• “Names”

• “Comments”

Value Separators

Words in JSL are separated by parentheses, commas, semicolons, spaces, and various operators (such as +, –, and so on). This section describes the rules for using these separators and delimiters in JSL.

Commas

A comma separates items, such as items in a list, rows in a matrix, or arguments to a function.

my list = {1, 2, 3};

your ...