Pascal Programs

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This chapter cites two examples that illustrate how to compile and execute a program. It also explains how to use the traceback facility to find out why a program fails. The sections are:

A Simple Pascal Program

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An Interactive Pascal Program

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Where Did My Program Fail?

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Building a program with SPARCompiler Pascal requires three steps:

1.Writing a program in Pascal using an editor and saving it in a file with a

.p or .pas suffix

2.Compiling the .p or .pas file using the pc command

3.Executing the program by typing the name of the executable file at the system prompt

A Simple Pascal Program

The following is a simple Pascal program that converts temperatures from Fahrenheit to Celsius. Use an editor to type the code on your system and save it in a file called temp.p.

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