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<h2><span class="header-section-number">8.1</span> Overview of Stan’s Program Blocks</h2>
<p>The full set of named program blocks is exemplified in the following
skeletal Stan program.</p>
<pre class="stan"><code>functions {
  // ... function declarations and definitions ...
}
data {
  /