Sharp MZ-800 - Appendix L Error Messages Generated by BASIC

Appendix L_ Error Messages Generated by BASIC
When an error occurs during BASIC operations, either of the following error messages (1) and (2)
is displayed on the screen.
(1) (Type of error) error
(2) (Type of error) error in (Line number)
Message (1) is generated when a command is entered from the keyboard, while message (2) is generated
during program execution.
Error No. Message Displayed Description
1 Syntax error A statement does not conform to the syntax rules of BASIC,
Overflow error The magnitude of a numeric value exceeds the limits.
Illegal data error A numeric value or variable which does not conform to the nu-
meric rules of BASIC was encountered.
4 Type mismatch error The types of data and variable do not match,
5 String length error The number of characters included in a string exceeds 255.
6 Memory capacity error Insufficient memory space is available for the processing re-
quired.
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we Array def. error An array was to be expanded or undefined array name was
specified.
8 Line-length error The length of a line exceeds the limits.
10 GOSUB nesting error The number of nested GOSUB statements exceeds 15.
11 FOR-NEXT error The number of nested FOR-NEXT statements exceeds 15.
12 DEF FN nesting error The number of nested function definitions using the DEF FN
statement exceeds 6.
13 NEXT error A NEXT statement was encountered without a corresponding
FOR statement.
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14 RETURN error A RETURN statement was encountered without a corresponding
GOSUB statement.
15 Un def. Function error | A call was made to an undefined function.
16 Un def. line error A non-existent line number or label was specified.
17 Can’t CONT error Program continuation with a CONT statement is impossible.
18 Memory protection error | An attempt was made to write data in the area reserved for the
BASIC interpreter.
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