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• If the fi r st lin e n u m b er of t h e program l o a ded us i ng t h e ME R G E comman d i s large r
than t he l ast line nu mber of t h e p revious l y l oaded p r og r am , th e two p r og r ams are
con si dered to be a s i ng le program.
• I f t h e f i r s t li ne number of t he prog r am l oaded u si ng th e MERG E com m and is smaller
than the l ast l i ne nu mber o f the p r eviously loaded prog ra m , t h e t wo p r og r ams are
c on s i de r e d s epa rate .
I n t he e x am pl e above , wh e re t h e li n e n umbe r s for p r og r ams P R0-1 , PR 0 - 2, and
PR 0 - 3 are 10 t o 200 , 50 to 150 , a n d 1 60 to 300 , resp ec t i ve l y , PR 0 -1 and P R 0 - 2
ar e con s i de r ed s epa r ate . P R0 - 2 and PR 0 - 3 a r e co n s i dered t o be a s i ng l e prog r am
w it h l ine nu m bers 50 t o 300 .
* Load i ng programs w it h the M E RGE co mm a nd may re s u It in t wo or more progra m s i n
th e comp u te r wit h t h e sa m e line n u mbe r s . In th is case , t he exe c u t ed RUN or GOTO
( RUN e x pression , G OTO ex p ress io n ) i s valid o nl y for t h e l a s t merged p rogram .
The r e will be no way to execute the pr e ced i n g p rogram(s) .
T he r efore , pu t a la b el to t h e begi n ning of a program t o be e x e c uted and exec u te t h e
pr ogram u s in g a DEF (defi ne d) k ey.
Note , howe v e r , t h at only t h e l ast m e r ged program ca n be e dit ed aft e r t he M ERGE
c o mma nd has been exe c ut ed an d t h at the prog ram(s) l oade d ear li er ca nn ot be
ed i t e d. T he refore , add t h e l abel to the p rogram be fo r e m er gin g the next p ro gram.
Merging password-prote c ted progr ams
When l oad in g pr ograms wit h pas sw ords (p a sswor d - p rotec t ed programs) u s i ng t h e
ME R GE command , the ha n dli n g o f t he progra m s d iff e r s as o u t lin ed be l ow , d epe nd i ng
o n whet h e r t h e p rogra m s w i th i n t he c omput er a r e pro t ected .
W h e n pr o t ec t ed
Passwo r d - pro t ected progra m s can n ot b e l oa de d .
W h e n n ot prot ec t e d
If pa ss word-prot e cted programs a r e l oaded u s in g t h e M ER G E c o mmand, a,11
programs wit h in the comput e r be c o m e pro t ect ed .
Wh e n t he p rogra m s with i n the com put e r are p r otect ed , e ve n p rogram s w it hout
p assword s be c o m e passwor d -protec t ed w hen l o aded u sing the MER G E comm a n d .
P rog r a m s loa d ed us i n g t he ME RGE command are s t ored as in t h e examp l e . T h e
p rograms are hand l ed by t h eir l ine numb e r s as fo ll ows .
Commands
MERGE