Book excerpt: AMPscript is a scripting language for Salesforce Marketing Cloud. You can use it to create highly sophisticated, personalized content through an extensive set of functions.The language follows a simple syntax and semantics. With an understanding of the fundamentals, you can quickly gain proficiency in AMPscript - no prior experience in scripting languages is needed.This book extends the existing Salesforce documentation to provide an authoritative reference manual on AMPscript. Whether you are inexperienced in writing scripts or are already highly proficient in AMPscript, this book will enable you to enjoy rapid development through clear explanations and extensive documentation on all AMPscript functions, including real-world supporting code samples for you to reuse.