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matched-declare-statement

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matched-declare-statement railroad diagramRead left to right. Branches are alternatives, bypasses are optional, and loops repeat. Select a production to explore it. The EBNF and linked references follow below."declare""("Explore production: declare-directive-listdeclare-directive-list")"Explore production: matched-statementmatched-statement"declare""("Explore production: declare-directive-listdeclare-directive-list")"":"Explore production: inner-statement-listinner-statement-list"enddeclare"";"
Production LiteralBranch: choiceBypass: optionalLoop: repeat
EBNF source
matched-declare-statement =
    "declare" , "(" , declare-directive-list , ")" , matched-statement
    | "declare" , "(" , declare-directive-list , ")" , ":" ,
      inner-statement-list , "enddeclare" , ";" ;

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