Whitespace
Whitespace is used to separate tokens (identifiers, keywords, literals, separators, and operators) just as it is used in any written language to separate words. Whitespace is also used to format code.
These are whitespace characters, excluding line terminators:
- the ASCII SP character, also known as space
- the ASCII HT character, also known as horizontal tab
- the ASCII FF character, also known as form feed
Line terminators include these characters:
- the ASCII LF character, also known as newline
- the ASCII CR character, also known as return
- the ASCII CR character followed by the ASCII LF character