Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Command
Function/operation
READ$
Retrieve string data from a local DATA list
REDIM
Declare dynamic arrays, allocate, deallocate, or
reallocate memory
REM
Indicate the remainder of a line of source code is a
remark or comment
RESET
Set a variable, array element or an entire array to zero
RESUME
Continue execution after error handling with ON
ERROR GOTO
RETURN
Return from a subroutine (GOSUB) to its caller
RIGHT$
Return the rightmost n characters of a string
RND
Return a random number
RSET
Right justify a string into the space of a string variable
RSET$
Return a string containing a right-justified (padded)
string
RTRIM$
Return a copy of a string with trailing characters or
strings removed
SEEK
Set the position in a file for the next input or output
operation
SELECT CASE
Control program flow based on the value of an
expression
SGN
Return the sign of a numeric expression
SHIFT
Shift the bits in an integer-class variable
SIN
Return the sine of an argument
SOUND
Generate a sound
SPACE$
Return a string consisting of a specified number
of spaces
SQR
Return the square root of an argument
STATIC
Declare static variables inside of a sub or function
STR$
Return the string representation of a number in
printable form
STRING$
Return a string with multiple copies of the specified
character
SUB/END SUB
Define a sub (procedure) block
TAN
Return the tangent of an argument
TIME$
Read and/or set the system time
TIMER
Return the number of seconds that have elapsed since
midnight
UCASE$
Return an all-uppercase (capitalized) version of a
string
USING$
Format one or more string/numeric expressions using
a mask string
VAL
Return the numeric equivalent of a string argument
VARPTR
Return the 32-bit address of a variable or string handle
WHILE/WEND
Define a block of program statements that are
executed repeatedly
WRITE#
Output data to a sequential file in a delimited format
XOR
Perform a logical or a bitwise exclusive-OR operation
