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CALL ABSOLUTE - a statement that transfers control to a machine-language
procedure
Syntax
CALL ABSOLUTE([argumentlist,]integervariable)
■ argumentlist, if used, contains the names of values in the current
data segment
■ integervariable contains the offset from the current code segment,
set by DEF SEG, to the starting location of the called procedure
See Also ◄CALLS or CALL(Non-BASIC) statements► - which provide a simpler
way to call assembly language procedures from BASIC