comma

• used in lists of formal parameters

  • Examples:

    to handle remembrance event, date, attendees

    params x,y

• used to separate parameters to commands and functions

  • Examples:

    prepareOrder items, quantities, details

    set total to sum(previousBalance, newEntries)

• used in declaration lists of local, global, and universal variables

  • Examples:

    global currentGoods, interestRate, totalExpense

• used to separate items in list expressions

  • Examples:

    set coords to [47, 88, 16]

• used to separate key:value pairs in property list expressions

  • Examples:

    put {release:6.01, date:today, ident:"giraffe"} into specs

• used in lists of helpers

• used in some commands (e.g. list of options in answer command)