☜	Spaces in Commands Draft MDC Standard					☞

8.1.1 Spaces in commands

Spaces are significant characters. The following rules apply to their use in lines.

1. If a command instance contains no argument and it is not the last command of the line, or if a comment or extsyntax follows, the commandword or postcond is followed by at least two spaces. If it is the last command of the line and no comment or extsyntax follows, the commandword or postcond may be followed by zero or more spaces.
2. In all other cases, the use of spaces is defined by the appropriate command definition and subsections 6.2 Routine body, and 6.4 Embedded programs.

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