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The compiler combines input characters together to form the
longest token possible when collecting characters into tokens. For
example, the sequence integer
is interpreted as a single identifier rather than the reserved keyword
int followed
by the identifier eger.
A token cannot exceed 509 characters in length. Consecutive
source code lines can be concatenated together using the backslash
(\) character at the end of the line to be continued. The
total number of characters in the concatenated source lines cannot
exceed 509.
The term white space refers to the set
of characters that includes spaces, horizontal tabs, newline characters,
vertical tabs, form feeds, and comments. You can use white space
freely between tokens, and extra spaces are ignored in your programs.
But note that at least one space may be required to separate tokens.
So, a character such as a hyphen (-) can take on different meanings
depending upon the white space around it.
For example:
is different from
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