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However, a SYNTAX ERROR may also indicate a problem not with the sequence of tokens in a statement, but with their meaning. For example, below an error results when a [[function]] is called with invalid [[valence]]: here, a [[monadic function]] with two arguments. | However, a SYNTAX ERROR may also indicate a problem not with the sequence of tokens in a statement, but with their meaning. For example, below an error results when a [[function]] is called with invalid [[valence]]: here, a [[monadic function]] with two arguments. | ||
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Depending on the value of <source lang=apl inline>fn</ | Depending on the value of <source lang=apl inline>fn</syntaxhighlight>, the same statement may or may not be considered invalid syntax. This is to be expected, since APL does not have a [[wikipedia:context-free grammar|context-free grammar]] and needs to know the type of each variable to parse a statement. | ||
{{APL features}}[[Category:Errors]] | {{APL features}}[[Category:Errors]] | ||