DGL Statement Reference : VERBATIM

VERBATIM

Description
Passes text literally to an output file.
When the verbatim symbols /@ and @/ frame text in the template file, the text is passed literally (without interpretation) to the output segment file. Comments inside the frame, rather than being ignored, are also passed literally. The end-of-statement character, “;”, is not required following the concluding verbatim symbol.
Verbatim statements can be used to pass the following to the output file:

Formatting commands applicable to a specific formatter.

Short text passages such as titles, opening remarks, and so on. Despite the absence of any length restriction on verbatim text, longer text passages are usually passed using the INCLUDE file statement.

Syntax
/@ verbatim_text @/
Parameters
 
 

 

Example
Consider the following verbatim section:

SEGMENT section1;
BEGIN /@
.title ACTIVITY-SPEC
.skip 2
.center; AN ACTIVITY SPECIFICATION
-- This section will describe the
-- purpose of the activities.
@/
-- this line will not appear in the output
END;

When the template is executed, the resulting output is as follows:

title ACTIVITY-SPEC
.skip 2
.center; AN ACTIVITY SPECIFICATION
-- This section will describe the
-- purpose of the activities.

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