CipherLab 8300 User Manual

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CipherLab BASIC Programming Part I
READ
Purpose To read the top most record of a specified transaction file.
Syntax A$ = READ
A$ = READ file%
Remarks
The command READ will read the top most record of the first transaction file,
which is the default one.
“A$” is a string varia
ble to be assigned to the result; it may be the desired data
string if the command is successfully processed.
Otherwise, it may have one of the values as follows:
A$
Meaning
OVER
NAK
There is no data in the transaction file.
Any format error occurs.
“file%
” is an integer variable in the range of 1 to 6, indicating of which
transaction file the record is to be read.
Example
READ1
' to read a record from the first transaction file
REMOVE
Purpose To delete one record from the top of a specified transaction file.
Syntax A$ = REMOVE
A$ = REMOVE file%
Remarks
The command REMOVE will delete one record from the top of the first
transaction file, which is the default one.
“A$” is a string variable to be assigned to the result.
A$
Meaning
NEXT
OVER
NAK
The command is processed successfully.
There is no more data.
Any format error occurs.
“file%
” is an integer variable in the range of 1 to 6, indicating of which
transaction file the record is to be deleted.
Example
REMOVE2
' to delete a record from the 2nd transaction file
TR
Purpose To get the current system time.
Syntax A$ = TR
Remarks
“A$
” is a string variable to be assigned to the result, which is in the form of
“yyyymmddhhnnss”.
Otherwise, it returns NAK for any format error.
Example
TR

CipherLab 8300 Specifications

General

Brand	CipherLab
Model	8300
Category	PDA
Language	English