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# Reserved Keywords, Symbols, Punctuation and Variables

As with any computer language, MAXScript features a number of lexical tokens, corresponding to the words and numbers and punctuation that are the building blocks of English. Tokens fall into several categories:

- Reserved ‘keywords’ that typically introduce clauses in the language, such as if , for , and function .

- Punctuation marks and symbols that separate or group clauses or specify math operators, etc.

- Reserved global variables containing 3ds Max system global variables and MAXScript predefined global variables.

The following list of topics contains information about the above types of tokens and their syntax:

Language Reserved Keywords

Punctuation and Symbols

Reserved Global Variables