Appendix A. Basic Statements And Commands; Basic Statements - IBM 5110 Basic Introduction

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Appendix A. BASIC Statements and Commands
A complete list of the statements and commands in the BASIC
language that are used by your system is shown below. A brief
description of each statement and command is included. Although all
the statements and commands are not discussed in this manual, each
is described in detail in the IBM 5110 BASIC Reference Manual,
SA21-930B.
BASIC STATEMENTS
CHAIN
CLOSE
CLOSE FILE
DATA
DEF
DELETE FILE
DIM
END
EXIT
FNEND
FOR
FORM
Ends a program, then loads and
begins executing another program.
Deactivates open stream-oriented
files.
Deactivates open record-oriented
files.
Creates an internal data table of
values.
Defines a function to be used in the
program.
Deletes a record from a key-accessed
file.
Specifies the size (dimensions) of an
array or character variable.
Ends a program.
Transfers program control if errors
occur during input/output operations.
Ends a function defined in a DEF
statement.
Begins a loop.
Specifies the format of records in a
file created for access by individual
record or printed output.
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Appendix A. BASIC Statements and Commands
A complete list of the statements and commands in the BASIC
language that are used by your system is shown below. A brief
description of each statement and command is included. Although all
the statements and commands are not discussed in this manual, each
is described in detail in the IBM 5110 BASIC Reference Manual,
SA21-930B.
BASIC STATEMENTS
CHAIN
CLOSE
CLOSE FILE
DATA
DEF
DELETE FILE
DIM
END
EXIT
FNEND
FOR
FORM
Ends a program, then loads and
begins executing another program.
Deactivates open stream-oriented
files.
Deactivates open record-oriented
files.
Creates an internal data table of
values.
Defines a function to be used in the
program.
Deletes a record from a key-accessed
file.
Specifies the size (dimensions) of an
array or character variable.
Ends a program.
Transfers program control if errors
occur during input/output operations.
Ends a function defined in a DEF
statement.
Begins a loop.
Specifies the format of records in a
file created for access by individual
record or printed output.
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