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A166 Introduction Assembling Programs Operands and Expressions Operators Control Statements 
Macro Processor Standard Macro Processor 
Standard Macro Controls Defining Standard Macros Calling Standard Macros Local Symbols Exiting A Macro Built-in Macros REPT IRP IRPC Standard Macro Operators NUL Operator & Operator < and > Operators % Operator ;; Operator ! Operator MPL Macro Processor MPL Macro Overview MPL Meta Character Defining MPL Macros Calling MPL Macros Local Symbols Expressions Common Functions Bracket Function Comment Function Escape Function METACHAR Function SET Function EVAL Function Comparison Functions Conditional Functions EXIT Function IF Function REPEAT Function WHILE Function Console I/O Functions String Functions LEN Function MATCH Function SUBSTR Function Advanced Literal Delimiters Blank Delimiters Identifier Delimiters Literal and Normal Modes Errors Error Messages AppendixAdvanced
The macro-definition function associates an identifier with a functional string. The macro can have an associated pattern consisting of parameters and/or delimiters, and it can have local symbols. The syntax for a macro definition is:
%DEFINE (macro_id define_pattern) <[>LOCAL id_list<]> (balanced_text)
The define_pattern is a balanced string the macro processor further analyzes as follows:
define_pattern = { [parm_id] [delimiter_specifier] }
Delimiter_specifier is one of the following:
- Some string not containing non-literal id-continuation, a logical blank, or the character @
- @delimiter_id
The macro call must have a call pattern that matches its define pattern. Regardless of the type of delimiter used to define a macro, once it is defined, only delimiters used in the definition can be used in the macro call. For example, macros defined with parentheses and commas require parentheses and commas in the macro call, and macros defined with spaces or any other delimiter require that delimiter when called.
The define pattern can have three kinds of delimiters: literal, blank, and identifier.
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