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<h2><a name="s03_08">3.8 </a>Quick Reference</h2>
<p>
This is a consolidation of the entire syntax for the POV-Ray's Scene Description Language. Note that the syntax
conventions used here are slightly different than those used in the user documentation.<a name="s03_08_i1"><a name="quickref"></a>
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The following syntax conventions are used:
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<code>ITEM</code>
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<code>[ITEM]</code>
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<code>ITEM...</code>
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<code>ITEM ITEM</code>
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<strong><code>rgb</code></strong> 3D_VECTOR | <strong><code>rgbf</code></strong> 4D_VECTOR
| <strong><code>rgbt</code></strong> 4D_VECTOR | [<strong><code>rgbft</code></strong>] 5D_VECTOR
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A FLOAT item
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An INT item
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<code>V_</code>
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A VECTOR item
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<code>V4_ </code>
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A 4-D VECTOR item
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