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F rees t h e spa c e as s ig ne d to C( ) a nd reset s A t o zero.
10 A= 5 : D IM C( 5 )
20 C LE AR
Examples
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T h e CL EA R ve rb r e co v e rs spa c e whi c h i s bei ng u s ed t o s t o r e v ariab l es . Thi s m i ght be
do n e w h e n t h e v a r iab les u sed i n t he first part of a progr a m ar e not required i n t he seco nd
part a n d a vaila b les space is l imited . C LEA R may also b e u sed at the beg i nn i ng of a
progr a m when s evera l p r og r ams are res i de nt in memory and yo u want t o cl ea r out the
s pace u s ed by ex e c u ti on o f p r ior progra m s .
CLEAR does n ot fre e t he s p ace u se d by t he variable A-Z , A $-Z $ , or A ( 1 ) -A(26)
(without DI M decl ar at i o n ) s in ce t h ey are pe r ma n ent l y a ss ig n e d (see C ha pter 4) .
C L E AR does res e t nu mer i c var i a b l es t o zero and s t rin g va ri a bl e s to n ul l.
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T he CLEA R v e rb i s u sed t o er ase a ll var i a b l es w h ich h ave bee n u s ed i n t he p rog ram
an d t o re s e t a ll preallo c ated v ar i ables t o z ero or n ul l.
Abb revia ti o n s: CL. , CL E ., C LE A.
Se e als o : D I M
1 CLEAR
Ve r b s
CL E AR