P File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
Format Name Pascal Source Code File
Extension .pas, .pp
MIME Type text/x-pascal
File Type Text
Standard Compliance ISO 7185 (Standard Pascal), Extended by various compilers
Encoding ASCII, UTF-8
Programming Paradigm Imperative, structured
Use Case Software development, Education
Compiler Examples Free Pascal, Turbo Pascal, Delphi
Comments Syntax // for single line, (* *) or { } for block
Typical File Size Varies, usually small to medium for single files
Case Sensitivity Identifiers are not case sensitive
Data Types Integer, Real, Char, String, Boolean, Custom records
Control Structures if, case, for, while, repeat
Procedure and Function Support Yes
Object-Oriented Features In Object Pascal extensions
Graphics Support Through libraries or framework peculiar to compiler
File Handling Text and binary file manipulation supported
Cross-Platform Yes, depending on the compiler
Integrated Development Environments (IDE) Lazarus, Delphi, Free Pascal IDE