CHAPTER
4
PET
BASIC
This chapter describes the svntax of ail
PET
BASIC commands. statements.
and functions
that
can
be
included in a
PET
BASIC program. This chapter
is
in-
tended to serve
as
a reference guide.
It
contains
PET
BASIC commands. state-
ments. and functions listed alphabeticallv
within
each group.
Descriptions given in this chapter have been made
as
definitive
as
possible.
Frequentlv this results in the use of terms that
Vou
will
not
understand if
Vou
are a
novice programmer; these terms are used to make the description
as
precise
as
possible.
But
do not
worrv
if
Vou
encounter terms
Vou
do not understand; a less
precise. general description of each statement. commando or function
is
also
given. A list of BASIC primers
is
contained in
Appendix
D.
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