Blanks, tabs or new lines in ST

Meaning
"whitespace" within the ST-code These characters are not allowed within →keywords, →delimiters or →identifiers. Example: If keywords are split by blanks, they are treated as syntax error.

Example

Example
`PRO GRAM Motor1 (* The input to the left will be treated as error. )` `END_PROGRAM` `PROGRAM Motor2 ( The input to the left will be treated as keyword with leading and following blanks. *)` `END_PROGRAM`

PRO   GRAM Motor1       (* The input to the left will be treated as error. *)

END_PROGRAM

   PROGRAM    Motor2    (* The input to the left will be treated as keyword with leading and following blanks. *)

   END_PROGRAM