Types

TYPE identifier "=" type ";"

A type declaration allows you to give a name to a type. Type may be one of the following:

• Ordinal: INTEGER, CARDINAL, BOOLEAN, CHAR, subrange, enumerated
• Floating point: REAL, LONGREAL, EXTENDED
• Array: a structure containing a number of elements of the same type
• Record: a structure containing a fixed number of elements of possibly different types
• Object: a record paired with a method suite
• Set: a collection of ordinal values
• Reference: a pointer to something
• Procedure: a procedure signature

To see more information, follow one of:

• Ordinal Types: INTEGER, CARDINAL, BOOLEAN, CHAR, ...
• Array Types: ARRAY indextype OF slottype
• Record Types: RECORD fieldlist END
• Object Types: OBJECT-METHODS-OVERRIDES-END
• Set Types: SET OF basetype
• Reference Types: REF <referent type>
• Procedure Types: PROCEDURE (parameter-list) { : return-type }