the
descriptor of
parent
the
function-name of
argument
the
property-name of
object
The the
keyword is used in several places.
It can be used in descriptors: the third word of steve
It can be used in function calls: the sqrt of sixteen
It can be used in property descriptors: the itemDelimiter
In both XION and HyperTalk, the presence or absence of the the
keyword is significant when the expression does not include the keyword of
or in
. For example, both the sqrt of 16
and the date
are function calls, but sqrt of 16
is a function call while date
by itself is a variable.