Sharp MZ-800 - 9.2 Summary of MZ-700 BASIC Commands and Statements, Functions and Operations

9.2 Summary of MZ-700 BASIC Commands and Statements,
Functions and Operations
Commands
LOAD LOAD “ABC” Loads BASIC text file ABC from the cassette tape into memory.
SAVE SAVE “‘E"" Names the BASIC text currently in the text area ‘‘E’’ and writes in
to the cassette tape.
RUN RUN Executes the program from the heading of the BASIC text currently
in the text area.
Note:
At the RUN command, all variables become 0 or null immediately
prior to program execution.
RUN 1000 Executes program from statement number 1000.
MERGE MERGE “‘TEST’’ Merges program currently in the memory and ‘‘TEST”’ file in the
__cassetie tape. _
VERIFY VERIFY “‘H’’ Compares program text currently in BASIC text area and content of
cassette tape file specified by file name ‘‘H”’.
AUTO AUTO Automatically generates line numbers 10, 20, 30 ... during text
making.
AUTO 200, 20 Automatically generates 200 220, 240 ... in steps of 20, from state-
ment number 200.
AUTO command is released by pressing + [BREAK ] keys.
LIST LIST Displays all lists of BASIC text currently in text area.
LIST—500 Displays list up to statement number 500.
LIST/P LIST/P Display list goes to printer. (TEXT MODE)
RENUM RENUM Changes statement number of the program.
RENUM 100 Renumbers all statements beginning with first statement number 100,
and in steps of 10.
NEW NEW Erases BASIC text currently in text area and clears variable area.
Machine language area specified by LIMIT command: is not cleared.
CONT CONT Continues program execution. In other words, restarts execution from
point of interruption by + keys or STOP statement
during program. CONT command becomes invalid when, during a
program break, the BASIC text is edited.
BYE BYE Moves system control from BASIC to monitor. (The return from mo-
nitor to BASIC can be made by monitor command ‘‘R’’.)
KEY LIST KEY LIST Lists, on the CRT display, the definition condition of the definable
function keys.
File control statements
WOPEN 10 WOPEN Opens a data file on cassette tape prior to writing data to it. This
“DATA” command also assigns name DATA to the data file.
PRINT/T 20 PRINT/T X Writes data to cassette tape in the same format as it would be dis-
played by the PRINT statement.
ROPEN 10 ROPEN Searches for data file DATA on cassette tape and opens that file to
“DATA” prepare for reading data from it.
INPUT/T 20 INPUT/T X Inputs data from a cassette file and passes it to variable X.
CLOSE 30 CLOSE Closes cassette data files after writing or reading has been completed.
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