A Modula-3 Tutorial

Welcome!

This is a whirlwind tour of writing Modula-3 programs. By reviewing this tutorial, you will:

• Learn about basic Modula-3 language constructs, and look at some examples
• Find out more about basic interfaces provided in standard libraries
• Learn about the provided tool.

Table of Contents

• Writing Programs
• The Main Module
• The Makefile
• A Simple Makefile
• Basic Makefile Commands
• Other Makefile Commands

• Language Elements
• Modules and Interfaces
• Interface
• Implementation
• Imports
• IMPORT Statement
• Declarations
• Declarations Examples
• Constants
• Types
• Ordinal Types
• Array Types
• Record Types
• Object Types
• Set Types
• Reference Types
• Procedure Types
• Variables
• Procedures
• Exceptions
• Statements
• Assignment Statements
• Procedure Call and Return Statements
• Selection Statements
• IF Statement
• CASE Statement
• TYPECASE Statement
• Looping Statements
• FOR Statement
• WHILE Statement
• REPEAT Statement
• LOOP Statement
• EXIT Statement
• Compound Statements
• Block
• WITH Statement
• Error Handling Statements
• RAISE Statement
• TRY-EXCEPT Statement
• TRY-FINALLY Statement
• Expressions
• Expression Building Blocks
• Arithmetic Expressions
• Logical Expressions
• Relational Expressions
• Constructors
• Set Constructor
• Array Constructor
• Record Constructor
• Operator Precedence
• Pragmas
• INLINE Pragma
• ASSERT Pragma
• TRACE Pragma
• FATAL Pragma
• UNUSED Pragma
• OBSOLETE Pragma
• NOWARN Pragma
• Compiling and Running Programs
• Simple Compile Example
• Multiple-Package Example
• m3build Options
• Some Basic Libraries
• String Routines
• Text Interface
• Fmt Interface
• Scan Interface
• I/O Routines
• I/O Examples
• IO Interface
• Rd Interface
• Wr Interface
• Lex Interface
• Misc Routines
• Params Interface
• Env Interface

Where to get more information?

To learn more about Modula-3 and CM3-IDE, see:

• The Modula-3 Language Reference
• CM3-IDE User Manual
• CM3-IDE Examples
• Modula-3 Internet Resources