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basic.special.characters

Reserved Character/BASIC Program, Releases: AP and R83

Reserved characters and their functions.

Description

defines reserved characters.

Each of the following characters are reserved for special purposes:

: ; @ * ! & = # - + / ^ < > ' ' \ [ ] ( )

They may be referenced individually by their respective symbol.

Each of these characters have special functions and they can NOT be used in variable definitions.

See Also

Command Name Type Description
basic.@.functions Function Special cursor addressing functions.
basic.^ Operator Mathematical operator (exponent).
basic.operators Relational Operator Operators * ! & = # - + / ^ < > \ [ ] ( )
basic.- Operator Mathematical operator (subtract). Also unary minus.
basic.: Relational Operator Concatenation operator.
basic.; Reserved Character Program source line delimiter.
basic.= Assignment Operator Logical 'equal' operator or variable assignment.
basic.! Logical Operator Logical 'or' operator and remark line indicator.
basic.( Reserved Character used to surround arguments within functions, or to enclose subscript refererences within dimensioned arrays. It is also used to override the normal order of precedence evaluation.
basic.) Reserved Character surrounds arguments within functions, encloses subscript refererences within dimensioned arrays, and overrides the normal order of precedence evaluation.
basic.*.comment Statement Remark line indicator.

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