C/AL syntax

C/AL syntax is relatively simple and straightforward. The basic structure of most C/AL statements is essentially similar to what you learned with other programming languages. C/AL is modeled on Pascal and tends to use many of the same special character and syntax practices as Pascal.

Assignment and punctuation

Assignment is represented with a colon followed by an equal sign, the combination being treated as a single symbol. The evaluated value of the expression, to the right of the assignment symbol, is assigned to the variable on the left side, as shown in the following line of code:

"Phone No." := '312-555-1212';

All statements are terminated with a semicolon. Multiple statements can be placed on a single program line, but that...