Commodore 128D - Page 350

Reserved System
Symbols
The following characters are reserved system symbols.
Symbol Use(s)
+ Plus sign movement
- Minus sign
movement
* Asterisk
/ Slash
t Up arrow
Blank space
= Equal sign
< Less than
> Greater than
, Comma
Period
; Semicolon
: Colon
"" Quotation mark
? Question mark
( Left parenthesis
) Right parenthesis
% Percent
# Number
$ Dollar sign
& And sign
r Pi
Arithmetic addition; string concatenation;
relative Pixel Cursor/sprite movement;
declare decimal number in machine
language monitor
Arithmetic subtraction; negative number;
unary minus; relative pixel cursor/ sprite
movement
Arithmetic multiplication
Arithmetic division
Arithmetic exponentiation
Separate keywords and variable names
Value assignment; relationship testing
Relationship testing
Relationship testing
Format, output in variable lists; command/
statement function parameters
Decimal point in floating point constants
Format output in variable lists
Separate multiple BASIC statements on a
program line
Enclose string constants
Abbreviation for the keyword PRINT
Expression evaluation and functions
Expression evaluation and functions
Declare a variable name as integer;
declare binary number in machine
language monitor
Precede the logical file number in input/
output statements
Declare a variable name as a string and
declares hexadecimal number in
machine language monitor
Declare octal number in machine
language monitor
Declare the numeric constant
3.14159265
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BASIC 7.0 ENCYCLOPEDIA-Reserved Words and Symbols