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CHAIN Statement
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Transfers control from the current program to another Basic program.
 
CHAIN filespec$
 
    ■ filespec$    The name of the program to which control is passed.
 
Example:
    'Assumes the program TEST.BAS is in a \DOS directory.
    CHAIN "C:\DOS\TEST.BAS"
 
See Also    CALL    COMMON    RUN    Differences from BASICA