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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