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RESERVED
WORD:
DATA
DEG
DIM
DOS
DRAWTO
END
ENTER
EXP
FOR
FRE
GET
GOSUB
GOTO
GRAPHICS
. IF
INPUT
INT
LEN
A-2
Appendix
ABBREVIATION:
D.
DE.
DI.
DO.
DR.
E.
F.
GE.
GOS.
G.
GR.
I.
BRIEF SUMMARY
OF BASIC STATEMENT
Part
ofREAD/DATA
combination. Used to identify the
succeeding items (which must be
separated
by commas)
as individual data items.
Statement
DEG
tells
computer to
perform
trigonometric
functions
in degrees instead of radians.
(Default in radians.)
Reserves the specified amount of memory for matrix,
array, or string. All string variables, arrays, matrices
must be dimensioned
with
a DIM statement.
Reserved word for disk operators. Causes the menu to
be displayed. (See
DOS
Manual.)
Draws a straight line between a plotted point and
specified point.
Stops program execution; closes files;
turns
off sounds.
Program may be restarted using
CONT.
(Note:
END
may be used more than once in a program.)
I/0
command
used to
store
data or programs in un-
tokenized (source) form.
Function returns e (2.7182818) raised to the
specified
power.
Used
with
NEXT to establish FOR/NEXT loops. In-
troduces the range that the loop
variable will
operate in
during the execution of loop.
Function returns the amount of remaining user
memory (in bytes).
Used mostly with disk operations to input a single byte
of data.
Branch to a subroutine beginning at the specified line
number.
Unconditional branch to
a
specified line number.
Specifies which of the eight graphics modes is to be
used.
GR.O
may be used to clear screen.
Used to cause conditional branching or to execute
another statement on the same line (only ifthe first ex-
pression is true).
Causes computer to ask for input from keyboard. Ex-
ecution continues only
when
i;i§ii@l key is pressed
after
inputting data.
Function returns the next lowest whole integer below
the specified
value.
Rounding is
always
downward,
even when
number is negative.
String function returns the length of the specified str-
ing in bytes
or characters
(1
byte
contains
1
character).

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