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Unit	Keyword	Summary

	And	Boolean and or bitwise and of two arguments
	Array	A data type holding indexable collections of data
	As	Used for casting object references
	Begin	Keyword that starts a statement block
	Case	A mechanism for acting upon different values of an Ordinal
	Class	Starts the declaration of a type of object class
	Const	Starts the definition of fixed data values
	Constructor	Defines the method used to create an object from a class
	Destructor	Defines the method used to destroy an object
	Div	Performs integer division, discarding the remainder
	Do	Defines the start of some controlled action
	DownTo	Prefixes an decremental for loop target value
	Else	Starts false section of if, case and try statements
	End	Keyword that terminates statement blocks
	Except	Starts the error trapping clause of a Try statement
	File	Defines a typed or untyped file
	Finally	Starts the unconditional code section of a Try statement
	For	Starts a loop that executes a finite number of times
System	Function	Defines a subroutine that returns a value
	Goto	Forces a jump to a label, regardless of nesting
	If	Starts a conditional expression to determine what to do next
	Implementation	Starts the implementation (code) section of a Unit
	In	Used to test if a value is a member of a set
	Inherited	Used to call the parent class constructor or destructor method
System	Interface	Used for Unit external definitions, and as a Class skeleton
	Is	Tests whether an object is a certain class or ascendant
	Mod	Performs integer division, returning the remainder
	Not	Boolean Not or bitwise not of one arguments
System	Object	Allows a subroutine data type to refer to an object method
	Of	Linking keyword used in many places
	On	Defines exception handling in a Try Except clause
	Or	Boolean or or bitwise or of two arguments
	Packed	Compacts complex data types into minimal storage
System	Procedure	Defines a subroutine that does not return a value
System	Program	Defines the start of an application
System	Property	Defines controlled access to class fields
	Raise	Raise an exception
	Record	A structured data type - holding fields of data
	Repeat	Repeat statements until a ternmination condition is met
	Set	Defines a set of up to 255 distinct values
	Shl	Shift an integer value left by a number of bits
	Shr	Shift an integer value right by a number of bits
	Then	Part of an if statement - starts the true clause
	ThreadVar	Defines variables that are given separate instances per thread
	To	Prefixes an incremental for loop target value
	Try	Starts code that has error trapping
	Type	Defines a new category of variable or process
	Unit	Defines the start of a unit file - a Delphi module
	Until	Ends a Repeat control loop
	Uses	Declares a list of Units to be imported
	Var	Starts the definition of a section of data variables
	While	Repeat statements whilst a continuation condition is met
	With	A means of simplifying references to structured variables
	Xor	Boolean Xor or bitwise Xor of two arguments

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