Basic Program Line
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BASIC Program Line
BASIC program lines have the following syntax:
[line identifier] [statement] [:statement]...[comment]
More than one statement can be placed on a line, but colons (:) must
separate statements, as illustrated by the following:
FOR I = 1 TO 5: PRINT "g'day, mate": NEXT I
If you create your programs using QBX:
■ You are limited to 256 characters.
■ QBX does not recognize the underscore (_) as a line continuation so
when a QBX program is loaded, all underscores are removed and the
continued lines are joined to form a single line.
If you use your own editor and compile your programs from the command line:
■ You may use the underscore as the last character to create a program
line that extends across more than one physical line. For example:
IF (TestChar$ = " " OR TestChar$ = ".") AND LineNumber < 23 _
AND NOT EOF(FileNumber) THEN
■ Underscores cannot be used to continue DATA or REM statements.
See Also ◄Line Identifiers►
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