Sharp MZ-800 - 5.1 Multi-statement Lines and Line Numbers

This chapter describes fundamental concepts which will allow you to program the MZ-800 in BASIC.
The information included in this chapter is essential to realizing the full potential of BASIC.
5.1 Multi-statement Lines and Line Numbers
As described in Chapter 3, a program consists of one or more program lines. Although each line of
the examples in Chapter 3 contains only one statement, a program line can contain two or more state-
ments, providing each statement is separated from each other by a colon (:). A program line which
contains two or more statements is called a multi-statement line.
Example:
10 CLS:PRINT ‘MULTI =STATEMENT"’:END
Each program line begins with a line number, Line numbers can be any number between | and 65535.
It is not necessary to specify line numbers consecutively, in fact, it is advisable to assign line numbers
in increments of ten so that you can insert additional lines during program editing.
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