B.
BASIC
Reserved
Words
Note: The period is mandatory after all abbreviated keywords.
RESERVED
BRIEF
SUMMARY
WORD ABBREVIATION
OF
BASIC
STATEMENTS
ABS
Returns the absolute (unsigned) value
of the variable or expression.
ADR Returns the memory address of a
string
variable.
AND Functions as a logical operator. The
expression is true
only if both
subexpressions joined by AND are
true.
ASC
Returns the numeric value of a single
string
character
.
ATN
Returns the arctangent of a number
or expression
in
radians or degrees.
BYE
B.
Exits from BASIC and returns to the
resident operating system or
console
processor.
CLOAD CLOA.
Lo
ads data from the program
recorder into
RAM
.
CHR$
Returns a
single string byte
equivalent to a numeric value
between 0 and 255
in
ATASCII code.
CLOG
Returns the base 10 logarithm of an
expression.
CLOSE CL.
Closes a file at the conclusion of
1/
0
operations. Functions as
an
1/0
command.
CLR
Performs the opposite function of
DIM: undimensions a
ll
strings and
matrices.
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