Blanks, tabs, form feeds, and comments are forms of white space. The compiler treats white space as a delimiter and does not consider the number of white space characters.
White space in string literals The number of white space characters is preserved when they are part of a string literal (enclosed in single or double quotation marks).
Dashes in identifiers Unless you have prohibited the use of dashes in identifiers (see “Identifier names”), you must surround a dash used as a minus sign with spaces. Otherwise, PowerBuilder considers the dash as part of a variable name:
Order - Balance // Subtracts Balance from Order
Order-Balance // A variable named Order-Balance
Example 1 Here the spaces and the comment are white space, so the compiler ignores them:
A + B /*Adjustment factor */+C
Example 2 Here the spaces are within a string literal, so the compiler does not ignore them:
"The value of A + B is:"
