Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
Reference Manual

G
GET statement
with UNLOCK statement
with UPDATE statement
GETRFA function
GFLOAT data type
/GFLOAT qualifier
GOSUB statement
inside WHEN blocks
with RETURN statement
GOTO statement
inside WHEN blocks
GROUP clause
H
Handler
attached
detached
enter
exit
HANDLER statement
HELP command
Hexadecimal radix
HFLOAT data type
/HFLOAT qualifier
Hyphen (-)
in DELETE command
in LIST command
in PRINT USING statement
I
I/O
characters transferred
closing files #1
closing files #2
deleting records
dynamic mapping
finding records
locking records #1
locking records #2
locking records #3
locking records #4
locking records #5
matrix #1
matrix #2
moving data
opening files
retrieving records
unlocking records #1
unlocking records #2
unlocking records #3
updating records
with CHAIN statement
writing records
%IDENT directive
IDENTIFY command
Identity matrix
IDN function
IEEE floating-point data types #1
IEEE floating-point data types #2
%IF-%THEN-%ELSE-%END %IF directive
with RESEQUENCE command
IF...THEN...ELSE statement
labels in
multiline format
Immediate mode #1
Immediate mode #2
Implicit
continuation of lines
creation of arrays #1
creation of arrays #2
creation of arrays #3
creation of arrays #4
creation of arrays #5
creation of arrays #6
data typing
declaration of variables
%INCLUDE directive
with RESEQUENCE command
Indexed files
ALTERNATE KEY clause
BUCKETSIZE clause
CHANGES clause
deleting records in
DUPLICATES clause
finding records in
MAP clause
opening
PRIMARY KEY clause
restoring data in
retrieving records sequentially in
segmented keys in
updating
writing records to
Initialization
in subprograms #1
in subprograms #2
of arrays
of DEF functions
of DEF* functions #1
of DEF* functions #2
of dynamic arrays
of variables #1
of variables #2
of variables in COMMON statement
of virtual arrays
INKEY$ function #1
INKEY$ function #2
with WAIT clause
INPUT LINE statement
INPUT statement
INQUIRE command
See also HELP command
Instance
RECORD
INSTR function
See also POS function
INT function
Integer
constants
data types
overflow checking #1
overflow checking #2
promotion rules
suffix character
variables
INTEGER data type
INTEGER function
/INTEGER_SIZE qualifier
Internal constants
naming
Internal variables
naming
INV function
ITERATE statement
Iteration
of FOR loops
of loops
of UNTIL loops
of WHILE loops
K
KEY clause #1
KEY clause #2
FIND statement
GET statement
RESTORE statement
segmented keys
Keys
ascending and descending #1
ascending and descending #2
Keywords
data type
definition of
function of
in RECORD
list of
reserved and unreserve
restrictions
spacing requirements
KILL statement
L
L formatting character
in PRINT USING statement
Labels
defining
format of
function of #1
function of #2
platform
referencing
transferring control to #1
transferring control to #2
with ITERATE statement
LBOUND function
LEFT$ function
See also SEG$ function
Left-justification
PRINT USING statement
with LSET statement
LEN function
Length
of labels
of STRING data
variable names
%LET directive
LET statement
Letters
lowercase #1
lowercase #2
lowercase #3
uppercase #1
uppercase #2
uppercase #3
Lexical
constants
expressions #1
expressions #2
expressions #3
functions #1
functions #2
functions #3
operators #1
operators #2
operators #3
variables
Lexical variables
assigning values to
naming
LIB$ROUTINES
Libraries
text
Line numbers
automatic sequencing
in %INCLUDE file #1
in %INCLUDE file #2
in RESEQUENCE command
range of
Line terminator #1
Line terminator #2
with DATA statement
with INPUT LINE statement
with INPUT statement
with LINPUT statement
Lines
continued
displaying
editing
elements of #1
elements of #2
format of
length of
multistatement
order of
single-statement
terminating #1
terminating #2
/LINES qualifier #1
/LINES qualifier #2
/LINES qualifier #3
/LINES qualifier #4
/LINES qualifier #5
LINPUT statement
LIST command
%LIST directive
Listing file
control of #1
control of #2
control of #3
control of #4
control of #5
control of #6
%CROSS directive
defaults
included code
%LIST directive
%NOCROSS directive
%NOLIST directive
%PAGE directive
%PRINT directive
%SBTTL directive
subtitle
title
%TITLE directive
version identification
LISTNH command
See also LIST command
Literal
explicit notation
numeric
string #1
string #2
string #3
string #4
string #5
LOAD command
with RUN command
with SCRATCH command
LOC function
Local copy
Lock checking
REGARDLESS clause #1
REGARDLESS clause #2
WAIT clause
LOCK command
See also SET command
LOG function
LOG10 function
Logarithms
common
natural
Logical expressions
compared with relational #1
compared with relational #2
data types in
definition of
evaluation of
format of
logical operators
truth tables
truth tests
Logical name
Logical operators
LONG data type
/LONG qualifier
Loops
conditional
exiting
FOR...NEXT
iteration of #1
iteration of #2
iteration of #3
iteration of #4
nested FOR...NEXT
unconditional
UNTIL statement
WHILE statement
Lowercase letters
in EDIT command
in PRINT USING statement
processing of
LSET statement