The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software,
purely for historical purposes.
If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming,
you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully
out of date.
A COMMON or DECLARE Statement Is Misplaced.
COMMON and DECLARE statements must appear before any
executable statements. All BASIC statements are executable
except the following:
■ COMMON
■ DEFtype
■ DIM (for static arrays)
■ OPTION BASE
■ REM
■ TYPE
■ All metacommands