The following topics provide a formal definition of the mikroBasic PRO for dsPIC30/33 and PIC24 lexical elements. They describe different categories of word-like units (tokens) recognized by the language.

In the tokenizing phase of compilation, the source code file is parsed (i.e. broken down) into tokens and whitespace. The tokens in mikroBasic PRO for dsPIC30/33 and PIC24 are derived from a series of operations performed on your programs by the compiler.

A mikroBasic PRO for dsPIC30/33 and PIC24 program starts as a sequence of ASCII characters representing the source code, created by keystrokes using a suitable text editor (such as the mikroBasic PRO for dsPIC30/33 and PIC24 Code Editor). The basic program unit in mikroBasic PRO for dsPIC30/33 and PIC24 is a file. This usually corresponds to a named file located in RAM or on disk, having the extension .mbas.

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