The STN script language has a few rules for organizing scripts and writing statements:
More than one statement may appear on the same line, or each statement may be typed on its own line.
Commands in the script language are not case-sensitive. For example, the EXIT statement may be written EXIT or exit.
Uppercase and lowercase are significant in character strings. For example, "Yes" is different from "yes".
Blank lines may appear anywhere.
Blanks and space characters may appear anywhere. However, they are significant in strings (inside double quotes). For example, "sodiumnitrate" is different from "sodium nitrate."
A single script statement can be 140 characters long. To continue a statement on the next line, put a backslash, \, at the end of each line that is continued on the next line.
Enclose strings in double quotes.
Comments are notes that describe or explain the script, and they are ignored by the script processor. Comments begin with \* and continue until the end of the line. Comments may appear on lines of their own, or they may appear at the end of any statement except the Prompt statement.
STN commands can be up to 292 characters in length.