Statement: the smallest standalone element of an imperative programming language. A program is formed by a sequence of one or more statements. Expression can be a part of a statement.

PPL language supports the following statements:

• Assignment statement

Example:

tau = 10us

Legend: PPL keywords; PPL pulse commands; comments.

• Conditional statement if-else-end

Example:

if T > 1us mwpulse 10us else wait 10us end

Legend: PPL keywords; PPL pulse commands; comments.

• Repeat statement repeat-end

Example:

repeat 5 detect I end

Legend: PPL keywords; PPL pulse commands; comments.

• Parallel execution statement parallel-end

Example:

parallel mwpulse t90 end

Legend: PPL keywords; PPL pulse commands; comments.

• Wait statement wait

Example:

wait T

Legend: PPL keywords; PPL pulse commands; comments.

• Detect statement detect

Example:

detect I

Legend: PPL keywords; PPL pulse commands; comments.