program

#program

##Syntax A program is:

statementsAndDeclarations

##Description A Turing program consists of a list of statements and declarations.

##Example This is a complete Turing program. It outputs Alan M. Turing.

    put "Alan M. Turing"

##Example This is a complete Turing program. It outputs a triangle of stars.

    var stars : string := "*"
    loop
        put stars
        stars := stars + "*"
    end loop

##Example This is a complete Turing program. It outputs Hello once and Goodbye twice.

    procedure sayItAgain ( what : string, n : int )
        for i : 1 .. n
            put what
        end for
    end sayItAgain
    
    sayItAgain ( "Hello", 1)
    sayItAgain ( "Goodbye", 2 )

##Details In a program there can be many units (see unit), one of which is the program (called the main program), the others of which are modules, monitors and classes. The main program is optionally preceded by an import list, which lists the units that it uses.

##See also import.html list.