Radio Shack TRS-80 Trsdos & Disk Basic Reference Manual page 11

General
Information
Notation, continued
exp
var
nmexp
nmvar
exp$
var$
con
nmcon
con$
numerical
suffixes
String or numerical expression
String
or numerical
variable
name
Numerical
expression, including constants,
variables, functions
Numerical
variable
name
String expression, including constants
in
quotes,
variables,
functions and
operators
String variable
name
Constant,
either string or numerical
Numerical
constant
String
constant
Attached
to distinguish
between
different
arguments and parameters
of
the
same
type.
Example:
COFYtyfilespecl
fIO\j>filespec2
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