BASIC
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Commands
Whenever a
prompt
>
is displayed,
your Computer
is in the
'
'Immediate'
'
or
'
'Command'
'
Mode . You can type
in
a
command, (ENTER)
it, and the Computer
will
respond
immediately.
This chapter describes the
commands you' 11
use
to control
the Computer
—
to change modes,
begin input and output
procedures,
alter
program
memory, etc. All
of
these
commands
—
except
CONT
—
may also be used
inside your
program as statements.
In some cases this
is
useful;
other times it is
just
for
very
specialized applications.
The commands
described in this chapter are:
AUTO
CONT
EDIT
RUN
CLEAR
CSAVE
LIST
SYSTEM
CLOAD DELETE
LUST
TROFF
CLOAD?
NEW
TRON
AUTO line number,
increment
Turns on an automatic
line numbering function
for convenient entry of programs
—
all you have to do is enter
the actual program
statements
.
You can specify a
beginning line number and an
increment to be used
between line numbers. Or
you
can simply type AUTO and press (ENTER) ,
in
which
case line
numbering will begin
at
10
and
use
increments of 10. Each time
you press (ENTER)
,
the Computer
will
advance to the next
line number.
Examples:
AUTO
AUTO
5,
5
AUTO
100
AUTO
100,
25
AUTO
,10
to use line numbers
10,20,30.. . .
5,10,15,.
. .
100,110,120,. . .
100,125,150,.
. .
0,10,20,. . .
To
turn off the AUTO function, press the
(BREAK) key. (Note: When AUTO brings up
a line number
which is already being used, an
asterisk will appear beside the line
number. If you do
not wish to re-program the
line, press the (BREAK) key to turn off
AUTO function.)
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