PAS File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
File Extension .pas
File Type Pascal Source File
MIME Type text/x-pascal
Developed by Niklaus Wirth
Language Paradigm Procedural, Imperative
Primary Use Software Development
Encoding ASCII, UTF-8
Comment Syntax { Comment } or (* Comment *)
File Structure Program, Uses, Type, Var, Implementation, Begin-End
Procedure Declaration Procedure ProcedureName;
Function Declaration Function FunctionName: ReturnType;
Variable Declaration Var VariableName: DataType;
Compilation Required
Case Sensitivity No
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Support Delphi, Lazarus, Free Pascal
Standard ISO 7185, Extended by Borland Pascal
Typical Constructs if, then, else, case, for, while, repeat
Native DataTypes Integer, Real, Char, String, Array, Record
Scope Control Begin-End blocks, Procedure, and Function
Exception Handling Try...Except, Try...Finally