PROGRAM FILE 23: INITIALIZATION OF STRING AND NUMERIC                           
        VARIABLES.                                                              
    ANSI STANDARD 6.6                                                           
                                                                                
SECTION 23.1: INITIALIZATION OF STRING OF NUMERIC                               
        VARIABLES.                                                              
                                                                                
THIS PROGRAM TESTS HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION TREATS                                
UNINITIALIZED VARIABLES. THE MINIMAL BASIC STANDARD                             
RECOMMENDS THAT THIS CONDITION BE TREATED AS AN                                 
EXCEPTION. IN ANY CASE, THE DOCUMENTATION MUST                                  
DESCRIBE THE ACTION OF THE PROCESSOR IN ORDER                                   
FOR THE TEST TO PASS.                                                           
                                                                                
                         BEGIN TEST.                                            
                                                                                
NEITHER A$ OR Y HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A VALUE.                                      
                                                                                
THE IMPLEMENTATION-DEFINED INITIAL VALUE (SURROUNDED                            
    BY APOSTROPHES) FOR A$=''                                                   
THE IMPLEMENTATION-DEFINED INITIAL VALUE FOR Y = 0                              
                                                                                
IF THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS IMPLEMENTATION CORRECTLY                          
   DESCRIBES THE RESULTS ABOVE, THEN                                            
*** TEST PASSED ***                                                             
                                                                                
                          END TEST.                                             
                                                                                
END PROGRAM 23                                                                  
