About This Book

This book explains the various elements of the Caché Basic programming language, and how to use this language as part of Caché.

Its chapters are:

• Introduction to Basic

• Lexical Structure

• Data Types and Values

• Variables

• Operators and Expressions

• Statements

• User-defined Basic Code

• Arrays

• Using Objects

• Error Handling

• Frequently Asked Questions About Caché Basic

There is also a detailed Table of Contents.

The following documents provide information about Caché Basic and related concepts:

• The Caché Basic Reference provides descriptions of all of the commands, functions, and operators supported by Caché Basic.

• Using Caché Objects provides a description on how Caché objects work.

For general information, see Using InterSystems Documentation.