Commodore PET User Manual page 334

whereas the statement
10 A$="HI''':PRINT A$
is stored in two areas. The original statement is stored in the BASIC Statement
Area:
A
$
= "
H
P
R
1
N
T
ln addition. when this statement is executed the following entry is made in the
Variable Area:
(String)
A
Leng~l·
of
string
No
A*256+9
2nd =1033
char
The string in the BASIC Statement Area is pointed to (beginning at memory loca-
tion 1033 in this program) rather than storing a copy of it in uppercore. However,
when Vou create a new string. as in:
20 B$=A$+"HO"
the BASIC Program Area entry is:
and the entry in the Variable Area is:
Byte: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(42.43)-~
~
l
~6+251=
No Length 8187
2nd of
char string
321