Re: Valid SPICE syntax for a switch?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Stuart Brorson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 1.  Are the ( , ) chars just redundant stuff for grouping?  Should
> SPICE just ignore them?
> 
> 2.  Is it valid SPICE syntax to group things with ( , )?  Or does
> SPICE strictly demand spaces to separate tokens?  What do other
> simulators do with similar constructs?

http://newton.ex.ac.uk/teaching/CDHW/Electronics2/userguide/sec2.html#2.1

"Fields on a line are separated by one or more blanks, a comma, 
an equal ('=') sign, or a left or right parenthesis; extra
spaces are ignored. A line may be continued by entering
a '+' (plus) in column 1 of the following line; SPICE
continues reading beginning with column 2. "

HTH

Charles