Glossary

Backus-Naur Form (BNF)


Quartus® II Help uses the Backus-Naur Form (BNF) to define the syntax of the text file formats and message variables. BNF uses the following notation:

Characters:   Meaning:
::=   "Is defined as"
<...>   Identifiers (that is, variables)
[...]   Optional items
{...}   Repeated items (zero or more times)
(...)   Grouped items
...|...   Indicates a choice between items
:n:n   Suffix indicates a range (for example, <name_char>:1:8 means "from 1 to 8 name characters")
Courier font   Literal text in syntax descriptions. Courier font is used to help distinguish literal text from italic variables in syntax descriptions.


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