JMP 12 Scripting Guide

JSL Syntax Rules

All scripting and programming languages have their own syntax rules. JSL looks familiar if you have programmed in languages such as C and Java. However, rules for punctuation and spaces differ in JSL.

The following sections describe JSL syntax rules for the following basic components of the language:

• “Value Separators”

• “Numbers”

• “Names”

• “Comments”

Value Separators

Words in JSL are separated by parentheses, commas, semicolons, spaces, and various operators (such as +, –, and so on). This section describes the rules for using these separators and delimiters in JSL.

Commas

A comma separates items, such as items in a list, rows in a matrix, or arguments to a function.

my list = {1, 2, 3};

your list = List(4, 5, 6);

my matrix ...