CHAPTER 2 LANGUAGE ELEMENTS A BASIC-80 program consists
of
instructions, which tell BASIC-80 what to do, and
data, which gives BASIC-80 the inform.ation necessary to do it. This chapter
describes the different types
of
instructions and data, and shows how to represent
them.
Instructions
BASIC-80 performs work by interpreting user-provided instructions. These instruc-
tions are divided into three categories: commands, statements, and functions. These
instruction types are described in the following topics; the individual instructions are
described in detail in Chapters 6 and 7.
Commands
Commands are executed as soon as you enter them; they alter
or
direct entire pro-
grams or files. Most commands can be used in program statements, but many
of
them halt program execution and force variables to zero or null.
Table
2-1
lists the BASIC-80 commands.
Statements
Statements are executed when they are encountered during program execution. They
make up most
of
the instructions
of
a program. Most statements can be entered as
commands.
Table 2-2 lists the BASIC-80 statements.
Table
2-1. BASIC-SO
Commands
Command
Description
Example
ATTRIB Changes the attributes of a file. ATTRIB
"~F1
:STAT",
"W1"
AUTO Automatically numbers program AUTO
25,500
statements.
CLEAR Sets aside memory
for
strings. CLEAR
2000
CONT Continues execution
after
BREAK. CONT
DELETE Deletes a
line
or
lines
from a DELETE
700~875
program.
DIR
Displays a
list
of
all non-invisible DIR1
files
on
a disk.
EDIT
Specifies a program statement
to
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be changed.
EXIT Retu rns
to
operating system . EXIT
KILL Deletes a file from disk. KILL ":F1 :STAT"
LIST Displays a
line
or
lines
of
a LIST
300-400
program.
LOAD Retrieves a file from disk. LOAD ":F1 :DATES"