Commodore 128 Programmer's Reference Manual page 35

BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS AND BASIC 7.0 ENCYCLOPEDIA 25
more detailed description of each command. BASIC 7.0 includes all the elements of
BASIC 2.0.
The different types of BASIC operations are listed in individual sections, as
follows:
1. Commands and Statements: the commands used to edit, store and erase
programs, and the BASIC program statements used in the numbered lines of a
program.
2. Functions: the string, numeric and print functions.
3. Reserved Words and Symbols: the words and symbols reserved for
use by the BASIC 7.0 language, which cannot be used for any other
purpose.
COMMAND AND
STATEMENT FORMAT
The command and statement definitions in this encyclopedia are arranged in the follow
ing format:
Command name—
Brief definition—
Command format—
Discussion of
format and use—
EXAMPLES:
Example(s)—
AUTO
Enable/disable automatic line numbering
AUTO [line#]
This command turns on the automatic line-numbering feature.
This eases the job of entering programs, by automatically typing
the line numbers for the user. As each program line is entered by
pressing RETURN, the next line number is printed on the screen,
and the cursor is positioned two spaces to the right of the line
number. The line number argument refers to the desired incre
ment between line numbers. AUTO without an argument turns off
the auto line numbering, as does RUN. This statement can be
used only in direct mode (outside of a program).
AUTO 10 Automatically numbers program lines in incre
ments of 10.
AUTO 50 Automatically numbers lines in increments of 50.
AUTO Turns off automatic line numbering.