IBM 5100 Basic Reference Manual

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The following rules define the end of a format specification that has been started:
1. A
# character is encountered and:
a. The following character is not a # character, or
b. The following character is not a decimal point, or
c. The following character is a decimal point and a decimal point has already
(
-"
been encountered, or
d. The following four consecutive characters are not I characters (I I I I).
2.
A decimal
point is encountered and:
a. The following character is not a # character, or
b. The following character is another decimal point, or
f~
c. The following four consecutive characters are not I characters (1111).
Some examples of expressions and the way they are displayed or printed under
various
format specifications are as follows:
Format
Expression Displayed
or
Specification Value
Printed Format
#####
'APPLES'
APPLE
####
-123
-123
###
123 123
if
### 12 kl12
###
1.23
kI kl1
##.## 123
*****
##.##
1.23
kl1.23
##.##
1.23456
kl1.23
##.##
.123
kl16.12
##.##
12.345 12.35
{
###1111
123
123E+OO
###1111
12.3 123E-01
###1111
.1234 123E-03
(
##.##1111 123
12.30E+01
##.##1111
1.23
12.30E-01
##.##1111
.1234
12.34E-02
<"
##.##1111
1234
12.34E+02
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IBM 5100 Specifications

General

Release Year	1975
RAM	16 KB - 64 KB
Storage	204 KB tape drive
Display	5-inch CRT
Operating System	APL/BASIC
Processor	IBM PALM (1.9 MHz)