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16.1.7 Shortcut Mode
The declaration editor as well as other text editors where declarations are done,
support the "shortcut mode".
This mode is activated when you end a line of declaration with <Ctrl>+<Enter> and
allows to use shortcuts instead of completely typing the declaration.
The following shortcuts are supported:
• All identifiers up to the last identifier of a line will become declaration variable
identifiers
• The type of declaration is determined by the last identifier of the line. In this
context, the following will apply:
B or BOOL results in BOOL
I or INT results in INT
R or REAL results in REAL
S or string results in STRING
• If no type has been established through these rules, automatically BOOL is the type
and the last identifier will not be used as a type (see below: example 1).
• Every constant, depending on the type of declaration, will turn into an initialization
or a string (see below: examples 2 and 3).
• An address (as in %MD12) is extended by the "AT" attribute (see below: example 4).
• A text after a semicolon (;) becomes a comment (see below: example 4.).
• All other characters in the line are ignored (see below, e.g., the exclamation point in
example 5.).
Examples:
Shortcut Declaration
(1) A A: BOOL;
(2) A B I 2 A, B: INT := 2;
(3) ST S 2; A string ST:STRING(2); (* A string *)
(4) X %MD12 R 5 Real Number X AT %MD12: REAL := 5.0;(* Real Number *)
(5) B ! B: BOOL;