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GENERAL
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OPTION VERSION "ECMA-116"
REM INTERNAL ID: E86
REM DESCRIPTION: ANSI Full BASIC
REM REFERENCE: STANDARD ECMA-116: Full BASIC
REM by EUROPEAN COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
REM (c) 1986, EUROPEAN COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
REM http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/
REM ECMA-ST-WITHDRAWN/ECMA-116,%201st%20edition,%20June%201986.pdf
REM
OPTION STRICT ON
OPTION ANGLE RADIANS
OPTION BUGS OFF
OPTION LABELS ON
OPTION COMPARE BINARY
OPTION COVERAGE OFF
OPTION TRACE OFF
OPTION ERROR GOTO
OPTION IMPLICIT
OPTION BASE 1
OPTION RECLEN 128
OPTION DATE "%Y-%m-%d"
OPTION TIME "%H:%M:%S"
OPTION PUNCT STRING "$"
OPTION PUNCT DOUBLE "#"
OPTION PUNCT SINGLE "!"
OPTION PUNCT CURRENCY " "
OPTION PUNCT LONG "&"
OPTION PUNCT INTEGER "%"
OPTION PUNCT BYTE " "
OPTION PUNCT QUOTE """
OPTION PUNCT COMMENT "!"
OPTION PUNCT STATEMENT " "
OPTION PUNCT PRINT " "
OPTION PUNCT INPUT " "
OPTION PUNCT IMAGE " "
OPTION PUNCT LPAREN "("
OPTION PUNCT RPAREN ")"
OPTION PUNCT FILENUM "#"
OPTION PUNCT AT " "
OPTION USING DIGIT "#"
OPTION USING COMMA ","
OPTION USING PERIOD "."
OPTION USING PLUS "+"
OPTION USING MINUS "-"
OPTION USING EXRAD "^"
OPTION USING DOLLAR "$"
OPTION USING FILLER "*"
OPTION USING LITERAL "_"
OPTION USING FIRST "!"
OPTION USING ALL "&"
OPTION USING LENGTH "%"
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COMMANDS
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SYNTAX: CASE constant [TO constant]
DESCRIPTION: Introduces an element of a SELECT CASE
statement. Multiple tests must be seperated
a comma. For example: CASE 1, 2 TO 3, IS >
4, IF < 5
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SYNTAX: CASE IF operator constant
DESCRIPTION: Introduces an element of a SELECT CASE
statement. Multiple tests must be seperated
a comma. For example: CASE 1, 2 TO 3, IS >
4, IF < 5
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SYNTAX: CASE IS operator constant
DESCRIPTION: Introduces an element of a SELECT CASE
statement. Multiple tests must be seperated
a comma. For example: CASE 1, 2 TO 3, IS >
4, IF < 5
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SYNTAX: CASE ELSE
DESCRIPTION: Introduces a default SELECT CASE element.
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SYNTAX: COMMON variable [, ...]
DESCRIPTION: Designates variables to be passed to a CHAINed
program.
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SYNTAX: DATA constant [, ...]
DESCRIPTION: Stores numeric and string constants to be
accessed by READ.
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SYNTAX: DEF FNname[( arg [,...] )] = value
DESCRIPTION: Defines a single-line function. Single-line
functions require an equal sign.
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SYNTAX: DIM [# filenum,] variable([ lower TO ] upper)
DESCRIPTION: Declares variables and specifies the
dimensions of array variables. For array
variables, if the lower bound is not
provided, then the OPTION BASE value is used.
If filenum is provided, then the variable is
virtual.
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SYNTAX: DO UNTIL value
DESCRIPTION: Top of a DO - LOOP structure. Exits when
value is non-zero.
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SYNTAX: DO
DESCRIPTION: Top of a DO - LOOP structure. If the loop is
not terminated by EXIT DO or LOOP UNTIL or
LOOP WHILE, then it will loop forever.
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SYNTAX: DO WHILE value
DESCRIPTION: Top of a DO - LOOP structure. Exits when
value is zero.
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SYNTAX: EDIT
DESCRIPTION: implementation defined.
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SYNTAX: ELSE
DESCRIPTION: Introduces a default condition in a multi-line
IF statement.
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SYNTAX: ELSEIF
DESCRIPTION: Introduces a secondary condition in a
multi-line IF statement.
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SYNTAX: END
DESCRIPTION: Terminates program execution. If the BASIC
program was executed from the operating
system level, then control returns to the
operating system, oterwise control reuturns
to the BASIC prompt.
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SYNTAX: END FUNCTION
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the last line of a multi-line
FUNCTION definition.
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SYNTAX: END IF
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the last line of a multi-line IF
definition.
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SYNTAX: END SELECT
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the last line of a multi-line SELECT
CASE definition.
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SYNTAX: END SUB
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the last line of a multi-line SUB
definition.
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SYNTAX: EXIT
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: EXIT DO
DESCRIPTION: Immediately exits the inner-most DO-LOOP
strucure.
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SYNTAX: EXIT FOR
DESCRIPTION: Immediately exits the inner-most FOR-NEXT
strucure.
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SYNTAX: EXIT FUNCTION
DESCRIPTION: Immediately exits the inner-most multi-line
FUNCTION strucure.
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SYNTAX: EXIT SUB
DESCRIPTION: Immediately exits the inner-most multi-line
SUB strucure.
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SYNTAX: EXIT WHILE
DESCRIPTION: Immediately exits the inner-most WHILE-END
strucure.
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SYNTAX: FOR variable = start TO finish [STEP
increment]
DESCRIPTION: Top of a FOR - NEXT structure. The loop will
continue a fixed number of times, which is
determined by the values of start, finish,
and increment.
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SYNTAX: FUNCTION [ ( parameter [, ... ] ) ]
DESCRIPTION: Top line of a multi-line FUNCTION definition.
The variable names specified are local to the
FUNCTION definition, and are initialized
BYVAL when the function is invoked by another
routine.
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SYNTAX: GO
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: GO SUB line
DESCRIPTION: Initiates a subroutine call to the line
specified. The subroutine must end with
RETURN. The line may be a number or a label.
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SYNTAX: GO TO line
DESCRIPTION: Branches program execution to the specified
line. The line may be a number or a label.
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SYNTAX: GOSUB line
DESCRIPTION: Initiates a subroutine call to the line
specified. The subroutine must end with
RETURN. The line may be a number or a label.
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SYNTAX: GOTO line
DESCRIPTION: Branches program execution to the specified
line. The line may be a number or a label.
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SYNTAX: IF value THEN line1 [ELSE line2]
DESCRIPTION: Single line standard IF command. If the value
is non-zero, then branh to line1. If the
value is zero and ELSE is provided, then
branch to line2. Otherwise continue to the
next line. LABELS are not allowed.
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SYNTAX: IF value THEN
DESCRIPTION: Top of a multi-line IF - END IF structure. If
the value is non-zero, then the program lines
upto the next ELSE or ELSE IF command are
executed, otherwise the program branches to
the next ELSE or ELSE IF command.
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SYNTAX: INPUT "prompt string" , variable [, ...]
DESCRIPTION: Reads input from the terminal after displaying
a prompt.
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SYNTAX: INPUT # filenum , variable [, ...]s
DESCRIPTION: Reads input from the file specified by
filenum.
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SYNTAX: INPUT variable [, ...]
DESCRIPTION: Reads input from the terminal.
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SYNTAX: [LET] variable [, ...] = value
DESCRIPTION: Assigns the value to the variable. The LET
keyword is optional.
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SYNTAX: LIST line1 [- line2]
DESCRIPTION: Lists BASIC program lines from line1 to line2
to the console on stdout.
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SYNTAX: LOAD [filename$]
DESCRIPTION: Loads an ASCII BASIC program into memory.
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SYNTAX: LOOP UNTIL value
DESCRIPTION: Bottom of a DO - LOOP structure. Exits when
value is nonz-zero.
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SYNTAX: LOOP WHILE value
DESCRIPTION: Bottom of a DO - LOOP structure. Exits when
value is zero.
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SYNTAX: LOOP
DESCRIPTION: Bottom of a DO - LOOP structure. If the loop
is not terminated by EXIT DO or DO UNTIL or
DO WHILE, then it will loop forever.
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SYNTAX: LPRINT [USING format-string$;] value ...
DESCRIPTION: Send output to the printer (stderr).
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER
DESCRIPTION: This command is reserved for use by the
Bywater BASIC maintainer. It is not for the
BASIC programmer.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER CMDS
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER CMDS HTML
DESCRIPTION: Dump COMMAND vs VERSION as HTML table
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER CMDS ID
DESCRIPTION: Dump COMMAND #define.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER CMDS MANUAL
DESCRIPTION: Dump COMMAND manual.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER CMDS_SWITCH
DESCRIPTION: Dump COMMAND switch.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER CMDS TABLE
DESCRIPTION: Dump COMMAND table.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER DEBUG
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER DEBUG OFF
DESCRIPTION: Disable degug tracing.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER DEBUG ON
DESCRIPTION: Enable degug tracing.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER FNCS
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER FNCS HTML
DESCRIPTION: Dump FUNCTION vs VERSION as HTML table.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER FNCS ID
DESCRIPTION: Dump FUNCTION #define.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER FNCS MANUAL
DESCRIPTION: Dump FUNCTION manual.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER FNCS SWITCH
DESCRIPTION: Dump FUNCTION switch.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER FNCS TABLE
DESCRIPTION: Dump FUNCTION table.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER MANUAL
DESCRIPTION: Dump manual for the currently selected OPTION
VERSION.
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SYNTAX: MAINTAINER STACK
DESCRIPTION: Dump the BASIC stack.
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SYNTAX: NEW
DESCRIPTION: Deletes the program in memory and clears all
variables.
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SYNTAX: NEXT [variable]
DESCRIPTION: The bottom line of a FOR - NEXT structure.
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SYNTAX: OF
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: ON value GOSUB line [, ...]
DESCRIPTION: Calls based on the rounded value.
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SYNTAX: ON value GOTO line [, ...]
DESCRIPTION: Branches based on the rounded value.
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SYNTAX: OPTION
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ANGLE
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ANGLE DEGREES
DESCRIPTION: Configures these math functions to accept and
return angles in degrees: ACOS, ACS, ANGLE,
ARCSIN, ASIN, ASN, ARCTAN, ATN, ATAN, COS,
COT, CSC, SEC, SIN and TAN.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ANGLE GRADIANS
DESCRIPTION: Configures these math functions to accept and
return angles in gradians: ACOS, ANGLE,
ASIN, ASN, ATN, ATAN, COS, COT, CSC, SEC, SIN
and TAN.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ANGLE RADIANS
DESCRIPTION: Configures these math functions to accept and
return angles in radians: ACOS, ANGLE, ASIN,
ASN, ATN, ATAN, COS, COT, CSC, SEC, SIN and
TAN.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ARITHMETIC
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ARITHMETIC DECIMAL
DESCRIPTION: Currently has no effect.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ARITHMETIC FIXED
DESCRIPTION: Currently has no effect.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ARITHMETIC NATIVE
DESCRIPTION: Currently has no effect.
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SYNTAX: OPTION BASE integer
DESCRIPTION: Sets the default lowest array subscript.
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SYNTAX: OPTION BUGS
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION BUGS BOOLEAN
DESCRIPTION: Boolean results are 1 or 0 instead of bitwise.
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SYNTAX: OPTION BUGS OFF
DESCRIPTION: Disables bugs commonly found in many BASIC
dialects.
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SYNTAX: OPTION BUGS ON
DESCRIPTION: Enables bugs commonly found in many BASIC
dialects.
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SYNTAX: OPTION COMPARE
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION COMPARE BINARY
DESCRIPTION: Causes string comparisons to be
case-sensitive.
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SYNTAX: OPTION COMPARE DATABASE
DESCRIPTION: Causes string comparisons to be
case-insensitive.
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SYNTAX: OPTION COMPARE TEXT
DESCRIPTION: Causes string comparisons to be
case-insensitive.
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SYNTAX: OPTION COVERAGE
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION COVERAGE OFF
DESCRIPTION: Disables BASIC code coverage recording,
displayed using the LIST command.
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SYNTAX: OPTION COVERAGE ON
DESCRIPTION: Enables BASIC code coverage recording,
displayed using the LIST command.
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SYNTAX: OPTION DATE format$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the date format string used by C
strftime() for DATE$.
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SYNTAX: OPTION DIGITS integer
DESCRIPTION: Sets the number of significant digits for
PRINT. Setting the value to zero restores
the default.
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SYNTAX: OPTION DISABLE
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION DISABLE COMMAND name$
DESCRIPTION: Disables the specified BASIC command.
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SYNTAX: OPTION DISABLE FUNCTION name$
DESCRIPTION: Disables the specified BASIC function.
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SYNTAX: OPTION DISABLE OPERATOR name$
DESCRIPTION: Disables the specified BASIC operator.
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SYNTAX: OPTION EDIT string$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the program name used by the EDIT
command.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ENABLE
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ENABLE COMMAND name$
DESCRIPTION: Enables the specified BASIC command.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ENABLE FUNCTION name$
DESCRIPTION: Enables the specified BASIC function.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ENABLE OPERATOR name$
DESCRIPTION: Enables the specified BASIC operator.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ERROR
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ERROR GOSUB
DESCRIPTION: When an error occurs, GOSUB to the error
handler. The error handler exits with
RETURN.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ERROR GOTO
DESCRIPTION: When an error occurs, GOTO to the error
handler. The error handler exits with
RESUME.
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SYNTAX: OPTION EXPLICIT
DESCRIPTION: All variables must be declared using DIM.
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SYNTAX: OPTION EXTENSION string$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the BASIC filename extension, commonly
".bas".
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SYNTAX: OPTION FILES string$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the program name used by the FILES
command.
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SYNTAX: OPTION IMPLICIT
DESCRIPTION: Variables need not be declared using DIM,
provided arrays have no more that 10
elements. This is the opposite of OPTION
EXPLICIT, and is the default for all versions
of BASIC.
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SYNTAX: OPTION INDENT integer
DESCRIPTION: Sets indention level for LIST. Zero means no
indention. Default is 2.
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SYNTAX: OPTION LABELS
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION LABELS OFF
DESCRIPTION: Disables text labels.
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SYNTAX: OPTION LABELS ON
DESCRIPTION: Enables text labels.
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SYNTAX: OPTION PROMPT string$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the BASIC prompt.
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT AT char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the PRINT AT character, commonly "@".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT BYTE char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the suffix character that indicates a
variable is of type BYTE, commonly "~".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT COMMENT char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the shortcut COMMENT character.
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT CURRENCY char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the suffix character that indicates a
variable is of type CURRENCY, commonly "@".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT DOUBLE char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the suffix character that indicates a
variable is of type DOUBLE, commonly "#".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT FILENUM char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the FILE NUMBER prefix character,
commonly "#".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT IMAGE char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the shortcut IMAGE character, commonly
":".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT INPUT char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the shortcut INPUT character, commonly
"!".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT INTEGER char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the suffix character that indicates a
variable is of type INTEGER, commonly "%".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT LONG char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the suffix character that indicates a
variable is of type LONG, commonly "&".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT LPAREN char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the LEFT PARENTHESIS character, commonly
"(".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT_PRINT char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the shortcut PRINT character, commonly
"?".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT QUOTE char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the QUOTE character, commonly """
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT RPAREN char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the RIGHT PARENTHESIS character, commonly
")".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT SINGLE char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the suffix character that indicates a
variable is of type SINGLE, commonly "!".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT STATEMENT char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the statement seperator character,
commonly ":".
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SYNTAX: OPTION PUNCT STRING char$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the suffix character that indicates a
variable is of type STRING, commonly "$".
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SYNTAX: OPTION RECLEN integer
DESCRIPTION: Sets the default RANDOM record length.
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SYNTAX: OPTION RENUM string$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the program name used by the RENUM
command.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ROUND
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ROUND BANK
DESCRIPTION: Round using the Banker rule.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ROUND MATH
DESCRIPTION: Round using mathematical rules.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ROUND TRUNCATE
DESCRIPTION: Round using truncation.
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SYNTAX: OPTION SCALE integer
DESCRIPTION: Sets the number of digits to round after the
decimal point for PRINT. Setting the value
to zero disables rounding.
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SYNTAX: OPTION SLEEP double
DESCRIPTION: Sets multiplier for SLEEP and WAIT. Zero
means no waiting. Default is 1.
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SYNTAX: OPTION STDERR filename$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the file used for STDERR, which is used
by LPRINT commands.
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SYNTAX: OPTION STDIN filename$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the file used for STDIN, which is used by
INPUT commands.
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SYNTAX: OPTION STDOUT filename$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the file used for STDOUT, which is used
by PRINT commands.
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SYNTAX: OPTION STRICT
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION STRICT OFF
DESCRIPTION: Disables checking for implicit array creation
without using the DIM command.
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SYNTAX: OPTION STRICT ON
DESCRIPTION: Enables checking for implicit array creation
without using the DIM command.
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SYNTAX: OPTION TERMINAL
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION TERMINAL ADM
DESCRIPTION: Enables ADM-3A terminal control codes for CLS,
COLOR, and LOCATE.
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SYNTAX: OPTION TERMINAL ANSI
DESCRIPTION: Enables ANSI terminal control codes for CLS,
COLOR, and LOCATE.
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SYNTAX: OPTION TERMINAL NONE
DESCRIPTION: Disables terminal control codes for CLS,
COLOR, and LOCATE.
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SYNTAX: OPTION TIME format$
DESCRIPTION: Sets the time format string used by C
strftime() for TIME$.
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SYNTAX: OPTION TRACE
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION TRACE OFF
DESCRIPTION: Disables displaying a stack trace when an
ERROR occurs.
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SYNTAX: OPTION TRACE ON
DESCRIPTION: Enables displaying a stack trace when an ERROR
occurs.
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING ALL char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic ALL character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "&".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING COMMA char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic COMMA character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is ",".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING DIGIT char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic DIGIT character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "#".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING DOLLAR char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic DOLLAR character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "$".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING EXRAD char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic EXRAD character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "^".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING FILLER char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic FILLER character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "*".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING FIRST char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic FIRST character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "!".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING LENGTH char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic LENGTH character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "\".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING LITERAL char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic LITERAL character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "_".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING MINUS char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic MINUS character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "-".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING PERIOD char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic PERIOD character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is ".".
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SYNTAX: OPTION USING PLUS char$
DESCRIPTION: Specifies the magic PLUS character for the
PRINT USING command. A common value is "+".
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SYNTAX: OPTION VERSION version$
DESCRIPTION: Selects a specific BASIC version, which is a
combination of OPTION settings, commands,
functions and operators. If no version is
specified, displays a list of the available
versions.
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SYNTAX: OPTION ZONE integer
DESCRIPTION: Sets the PRINT zone width. Setting the value
to zero restores the default.
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SYNTAX: PRINT # filenum , [USING format$;] value ...
DESCRIPTION: Sends output to a file.
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SYNTAX: PRINT [USING format$;] value ...
DESCRIPTION: Sends output to the screen.
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SYNTAX: QUIT
DESCRIPTION: Exits to the operating system.
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SYNTAX: READ variable [, ...]
DESCRIPTION: Reads values from DATA statements.
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SYNTAX: REM ...
DESCRIPTION: Remark.
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SYNTAX: RESTORE [line]
DESCRIPTION: Resets the line used for the next READ
statement. line may be either a number or a
label.
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SYNTAX: RETURN
DESCRIPTION: Concludes a subroutine called by GOSUB.
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SYNTAX: RUN filename$
DESCRIPTION: Loads a new BAASIC program and executes the
program from the start.
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SYNTAX: RUN line
DESCRIPTION: Executes the program in memory beginning at
line.
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SYNTAX: RUN
DESCRIPTION: Executes the program in memory from the start.
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SYNTAX: SAVE [filename$]
DESCRIPTION: Saves the current program into the file
filename$ in ASCII format.
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SYNTAX: SELECT
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: SELECT CASE value
DESCRIPTION: Introduces a multi-line conditional selection
statement.
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SYNTAX: STEP
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: STOP
DESCRIPTION: Interrupts program execution and displays the
line number of the STOP command. For use
when debugging BASIC programs. Whether STOP
issues a SIGINT signal is implementation
defined.
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SYNTAX: SUB name [ ( parameter [,...] ) ]
DESCRIPTION: Top line of a multi-line SUB definition. The
variable names specified are local to the SUB
definition, and are initialized BYVAL when
the subroutine is invoked by another routine.
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SYNTAX: SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION: Exits to the operating system.
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SYNTAX: THEN
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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SYNTAX: TO
DESCRIPTION: Syntax Error.
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FUNCTIONS
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SYNTAX: N = ABS( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The absolute value of X.
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SYNTAX: N = ACOS( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The arccosine of X in radians, where 0 <=
ACOS(X) <= PI. X shall be in the range -1 <=
X <= 1.
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SYNTAX: N = ANGLE( X, Y )
PARAMETER: X is a number
PARAMETER: Y is a number
DESCRIPTION: The angle in radians between the positive
x-axis and the vector joining the origin to
the point with coordinates (X, Y), where -PI
< ANGLE(X,Y) <= PI. X and Y must not both be
0. Note that the counterclockwise is
positive, e.g., ANGLE(1,1) = 45 degrees.
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SYNTAX: N = ASC( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 1
DESCRIPTION: The numeric code for the first letter in A$.
For example, ASC("ABC") returns 65 on ASCII
systems.
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SYNTAX: N = ASIN( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The arcsine of X in radians, where -PI/2 <=
ASIN(X) <= PI/2; X shall be in the range -1
<= X <= 1.
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SYNTAX: N = ATN( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The arctangent of X in radians, i.e. the angle
whose tangent is X, where -PI/2 < ATN(X) <
PI/2.
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SYNTAX: N = CEIL( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The smallest integer not less than X.
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SYNTAX: S$ = CHR$( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number, [0,255]
DESCRIPTION: The one-character string with the character
corresponding to the numeric code X. On
ASCII systems, CHR$(65) returns "A".
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SYNTAX: N = COS( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The cosine of X, where X is in radians.
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SYNTAX: N = COSH( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The hyperbolic cosine of X.
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SYNTAX: N = COT( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The cotangent of X, where X is in radians.
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SYNTAX: N = CSC( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The cosecant of X, where X is in radians.
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SYNTAX: N = DATE
DESCRIPTION: The current date in decimal form YYYDDD, where
YYY are the number of years since 1900 and
DDD is the ordinal number of the current day
of the year; e.g., the value of DATE on May
9, 1977 was 77129. If there is no calendar
available, then the value of DATE shall be
-1.
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SYNTAX: S$ = DATE$
DESCRIPTION: The current date based on the internal clock
as a string in the format set by OPTION DATE.
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SYNTAX: N = DEG( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The number of degrees in X radians.
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SYNTAX: N = EPS( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The maximum of (X-X1,X2-X, sigma) where X1 and
X2 are the predecessor and successor of X and
signma is the smallest positive value
representable. If X has no predecessor the
X1=X and if X has no successor the X2=X.
Note EPS(0) is the smallest positive number
representable by the implementation, and is
therefor implementation-defined. Note also
that EPS may produce different results for
different arithmetic options (see OPTION
ARITHMETIC).
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SYNTAX: N = EXP( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The exponential value of X, i.e., the value of
the base of natural logarithms (e = 2.71828)
raised to the power of X; if EXP(X) is less
that machine infinitesimal, then its value
shall be replaced with zero.
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SYNTAX: N = FIX( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The truncated integer, part of X. FIX (X) is
equivalent to SGN(X)*INT(ABS(X)). The major
difference between FIX and INT is that FIX
does not return the next lower number for
negative X.
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SYNTAX: N = FP( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The fractional part of X, i.e. X - IP(X).
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SYNTAX: N = INT( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The largest integer not greater than X; e.g.
INT(1.3) = 1 and INT(-1.3) = 2.
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SYNTAX: N = IP( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The integer part of X, i.e.,
SGN(X)*INT(ABS(X)).
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SYNTAX: N = LBOUND( ... )
DESCRIPTION: LBOUND( arrayname [, dimension] ). The lower
bound of the array. The dimension defaults
to 1. dimension in [1,DIM(arrayname)]
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SYNTAX: S$ = LCASE$( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
DESCRIPTION: The string of characters from the value
associatedwith A$ by replacing each
upper-case-letter in the string by its
lower-case version.
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SYNTAX: S$ = LEFT$( A$, X )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
PARAMETER: X is a number, [0,MAXLEN]
DESCRIPTION: The X left-most characters of A$, beginning
from postion 1.
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SYNTAX: N = LEN( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
DESCRIPTION: The length of A$.
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SYNTAX: N = LOC( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number, [MININT,MAXINT]
DESCRIPTION: The location of file X; the next record that
GET or PUT statements will use.
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SYNTAX: N = LOF( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number, [MININT,MAXINT]
DESCRIPTION: The length of file X.
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SYNTAX: N = LOG( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number, > 0
DESCRIPTION: The natural logarithm of X; X shall be greater
than zero.
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SYNTAX: N = LOG10( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number, > 0
DESCRIPTION: The common logarithm of X; X shall be greater
than zero.
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SYNTAX: N = LOG2( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number, > 0
DESCRIPTION: The base 2 logarithm of X; X shall be greater
than zero.
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SYNTAX: S$ = LTRIM$( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
DESCRIPTION: The string of characters resulting from the
value associated with A$ by deleting all
leading space characters.
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SYNTAX: N = MAX( X, Y )
PARAMETER: X is a number
PARAMETER: Y is a number
DESCRIPTION: The larger of the parameters.
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SYNTAX: N = MAXLEN
DESCRIPTION: The maximum string length.
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SYNTAX: N = MAXLEN( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
DESCRIPTION: The maximum length associated with the
simple-string-variable A$.
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SYNTAX: N = MAXNUM
DESCRIPTION: The largest finite positive number
representable and manipulable by the
implementation; implementation-defined.
MAXNUM may represent diffent number for
different arithmetic options (see OPTION
ARITHMETIC).
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SYNTAX: S$ = MID$( A$, X )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
PARAMETER: X is a number, [1,MAXLEN]
DESCRIPTION: The characters of A$, starting from postion X.
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SYNTAX: S$ = MID$( A$, X, Y )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
PARAMETER: X is a number, [1,MAXLEN]
PARAMETER: Y is a number, [0,MAXLEN]
DESCRIPTION: The Y characters of A$, starting from postion
X.
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SYNTAX: N = MIN( X, Y )
PARAMETER: X is a number
PARAMETER: Y is a number
DESCRIPTION: The smaller of the parameters.
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SYNTAX: N = MOD( X, Y )
PARAMETER: X is a number
PARAMETER: Y is a number, <> 0
DESCRIPTION: X modulo Y, i.e., X-Y*INT(X/Y). Y shall not
equal zero.
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SYNTAX: S$ = NUM$( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The string generated by the print-statement as
the numeric-representation of the value
associated with X.
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SYNTAX: N = ORD( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 1
DESCRIPTION: The ordinal position of the character named by
the string associated with A$ in the
collating sequence of ASCII character set,
where the first member of the character set
is in position zero. The acceptable values
for the standard character set are shown in
Table 1.
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SYNTAX: N = PI
DESCRIPTION: The constant 3.14159 which is the ratio of the
circumference of a circle to its diameter.
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SYNTAX: N = POS( A$, B$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
PARAMETER: B$ is a string, LEN >= 0
DESCRIPTION: The character position, within the value
assocated with A$, of the first character of
the first occurence of the value associated
with B$, starting at the first character of
A$. If there is not such occurence, then the
value returned is zero.
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SYNTAX: N = POS( A$, B$, X )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
PARAMETER: B$ is a string, LEN >= 0
PARAMETER: X is a number, [1,MAXLEN]
DESCRIPTION: The character position, within the value
assocated with A$, of the first character of
the first occurence of the value associated
with B$, starting at the Xth character of A$.
If there is not such occurence, then the
value returned is zero.
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SYNTAX: N = RAD( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The number of radians in X degrees.
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SYNTAX: N = RANDOMIZE
DESCRIPTION: Seeds the pseudo-random number generator with
TIME.
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SYNTAX: N = RANDOMIZE( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: Seeds the pseudo-random number generator with
X.
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SYNTAX: N = REMAINDER( X, Y )
PARAMETER: X is a number
PARAMETER: Y is a number, <> 0
DESCRIPTION: The remainder function, i.e., X-Y*IP(X/Y). Y
shall not equal zero.
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SYNTAX: S$ = RIGHT$( A$, X )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
PARAMETER: X is a number, [0,MAXLEN]
DESCRIPTION: The right-most X characters of A$.
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SYNTAX: N = RND
DESCRIPTION: The next pseudo-random number in an
implementation-defined sequence of
pseudo-random numbers uniformly distributed
in the range 0 <= RND < 1.
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SYNTAX: N = RND( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: Returns a pseudorandom number in the range
[0,1]. The value of X is ignored.
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SYNTAX: N = ROUND( X, Y )
PARAMETER: X is a number
PARAMETER: Y is a number, [MININT,MAXINT]
DESCRIPTION: The value of X rounded to Y decimal digits to
the right of the decimal point (or -Y digits
to the left if Y < 0); i.e.,
INT(X*10^Y+.5)/10^Y. Y must be in [-32,32].
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SYNTAX: S$ = RTRIM$( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
DESCRIPTION: The string of characters resulting from the
value associated with A$ by deleting all
trailing space characters.
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SYNTAX: N = SEC( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The secant of X, where X is in radians.
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SYNTAX: N = SEEK( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number, [MININT,MAXINT]
DESCRIPTION: The location of file X; the next record that
GET or PUT statements will use.
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SYNTAX: N = SGN( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The sign of X: -1 if X < 0, 0 if X = 0, and +1
if X > 0.
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SYNTAX: N = SIN( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The sine of X, where X is in radians.
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SYNTAX: N = SINH( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The hyperbolic sine of X.
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SYNTAX: N = SIZE( ... )
DESCRIPTION: SIZE( arrayname ). The total number of items
in the array.
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SYNTAX: S$ = SPC( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The string of X spaces. Only for use within
the PRINT command.
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SYNTAX: N = SQR( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number, >= 0
DESCRIPTION: The non-negative square root of X; X shall be
non-negative.
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SYNTAX: S$ = STR$( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The string generated by the print-statement as
the numeric-representation of the value
associated with X.
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SYNTAX: S$ = STRING$( X, A$ )
PARAMETER: X is a number, [0,MAXLEN]
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 1
DESCRIPTION: The string X bytes long consisting of the
first character of A$.
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SYNTAX: S$ = STRING$( X, Y )
PARAMETER: X is a number, [0,MAXLEN]
PARAMETER: Y is a number, [0,255]
DESCRIPTION: The string X bytes long consisting of CHR$(Y).
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SYNTAX: S$ = TAB( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The string required to advance to column X.
Only for use within the PRINT command.
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SYNTAX: N = TAN( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The tangent of X, where X is in radians.
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SYNTAX: N = TANH( X )
PARAMETER: X is a number
DESCRIPTION: The hyperbolic tangent of X.
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SYNTAX: N = TIME
DESCRIPTION: The time elapsed since the previous midnight,
expressed in seconds; e.g., the value of TIME
at 11:15 AM is 40500. If there is no clock
available, then the value of TIME shall be
-1. The value of TIME at midnight shall be
zero (not 86400).
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SYNTAX: S$ = TIME$
DESCRIPTION: The time of day in 24-hour notation according
to ISO 3307. For example, the value of TIME$
at 11:15 AM is "11:15:00". If there is no
clock available, then the value of TIME$
shall be "99:99:99". The value of TIME$ at
midnight is "00:00:00".
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SYNTAX: S$ = TRIM$( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
DESCRIPTION: The string resulting from removing both
leading and trailing spaces from A$.
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SYNTAX: N = TROFF
DESCRIPTION: Turn tracing OFF
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SYNTAX: N = TRON
DESCRIPTION: Turn tracing ON
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SYNTAX: N = TRUNCATE( X, Y )
PARAMETER: X is a number
PARAMETER: Y is a number, [MININT,MAXINT]
DESCRIPTION: The value of X truncated to Y decimal digits
to the right of the decimal point (or -Y
digits to the left if Y < 0); i.e.,
IP(X*10^Y)/10^Y. Y in [-32,32].
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SYNTAX: N = UBOUND( ... )
DESCRIPTION: UBOUND( arrayname [, dimension] ). The upper
bound of the array. The dimension defaults
to 1. dimension in [1,DIM(arrayname)]
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SYNTAX: S$ = UCASE$( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 0
DESCRIPTION: The string of characters resulting from the
value associated with A$ by replacing each
lower-case-letter in the string by its
upper-case version.
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SYNTAX: N = VAL( A$ )
PARAMETER: A$ is a string, LEN >= 1
DESCRIPTION: The value of the numeric-constant associated
with A$, if the string associated with A$ is
a numeric-constant. Leading and trailing
spaces in the string are ignored. If the
evaluation of the numeric-constant would
result in a value which causes an underflow,
then the value returned shall be zero. For
example, VAL( " 123.5 " ) = 123.5, VAL(
"2.E-99" ) could be zero, and VAL( "MCMXVII"
) causes an exception.
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OPERATORS
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SYNTAX: X ^ Y
DESCRIPTION: Exponential
PRECEDENCE: 14
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SYNTAX: # X
DESCRIPTION: Posation
PRECEDENCE: 13
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SYNTAX: + X
DESCRIPTION: Posation
PRECEDENCE: 13
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SYNTAX: - X
DESCRIPTION: Negation
PRECEDENCE: 13
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SYNTAX: X * Y
DESCRIPTION: Multiplication
PRECEDENCE: 12
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SYNTAX: X / Y
DESCRIPTION: Division
PRECEDENCE: 12
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SYNTAX: X \ Y
DESCRIPTION: Integer Division
PRECEDENCE: 11
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SYNTAX: X + Y
DESCRIPTION: Addition
PRECEDENCE: 9
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SYNTAX: X - Y
DESCRIPTION: Subtraction
PRECEDENCE: 9
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SYNTAX: X < Y
DESCRIPTION: Less than
PRECEDENCE: 7
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SYNTAX: X <= Y
DESCRIPTION: Less than or Equal
PRECEDENCE: 7
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SYNTAX: X <> Y
DESCRIPTION: Not Equal
PRECEDENCE: 7
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SYNTAX: X = Y
DESCRIPTION: Equal
PRECEDENCE: 7
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SYNTAX: X =< Y
DESCRIPTION: Less than or Equal
PRECEDENCE: 7
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SYNTAX: X => Y
DESCRIPTION: Greater than or Equal
PRECEDENCE: 7
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SYNTAX: X > Y
DESCRIPTION: Greater than
PRECEDENCE: 7
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SYNTAX: X >< Y
DESCRIPTION: Not Equal
PRECEDENCE: 7
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SYNTAX: X >= Y
DESCRIPTION: Greater than or Equal
PRECEDENCE: 7
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SYNTAX: NOT X
DESCRIPTION: Bitwise NOT
PRECEDENCE: 6
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SYNTAX: X AND Y
DESCRIPTION: Bitwise AND
PRECEDENCE: 5
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SYNTAX: X OR Y
DESCRIPTION: Bitwise OR
PRECEDENCE: 4
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