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### begin

#### Synopsis

    begin
      statement;
      statement;
      ...
      statement
    end;

#### Description

The reserved word `begin` opens a `begin ... end` statement which joins several statements to one compound statement.

#### Conforming to

`begin` is defined in ISO 7185 Pascal and supported by all known Pascal variants.

#### Example

    program BeginDemo;
    begin
      if True then
        WriteLn ('single statement');
      if True then
        begin                     { clamp statement1 ... }
          WriteLn ('statement1');
          WriteLn ('statement2')
        end                       { ... to statement2 }
    end.

#### See also

Keywords, begin end Compound Statement, end