Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
Reference Manual

M
/MACHINE_CODE qualifier
MAG function
Magnetic tape files
BLOCKSIZE clause
MAGTAPE function
NOREWIND clause
RESTORE statement
MAGTAPE function
performing functions in BASIC
MAP
FILL item formats and storage
MAP area
naming
MAP clause #1
MAP clause #2
MAP DYNAMIC statement
with REMAP statement #1
with REMAP statement #2
MAP statement
with FIELD statement
with MAP DYNAMIC statement
with REMAP statement
MAR function
Margin
width #1
width #2
width #3
width #4
MARGIN statement
See also NOMARGIN statement
with PRINT statement
MAT
with DET function
MAT INPUT statement
MAT LINPUT statement
MAT PRINT statement
MAT READ statement
MAT statement
with FIELD statement
Matrix
identity
Matrix arithmetic
Matrix functions
DET function
NUM function
NUM2 function
Matrix operations
arithmetic
assigning values #1
assigning values #2
assigning values #3
I/O #1
I/O #2
inversion #1
inversion #2
printing
redimensioning #1
redimensioning #2
redimensioning #3
redimensioning #4
scalar multiplication
transposition
MAX function
Memory
clearing with SCRATCH command
MID$ function
See also SEG$ function
MIN function
Minus sign (--)
in PRINT USING statement
Mixed-mode expressions
MOD function
Modifiable parameters
Modifiers
FOR statement
IF statement #1
IF statement #2
UNLESS statement
UNTIL statement
WHILE statement
MOVE
FILL item formats and storage
MOVE statement
with FIELD statement
Multiline
DEF* functions
DEF statement
Multistatement lines
backslash in
format of
implicit continuation
N
NAME...AS statement
Named constants
changing
external #1
external #2
internal #1
internal #2
NEW command
NEXT statement
with FOR statement
with WHILE statement
%NOCROSS directive
NOECHO function
See also ECHO function
%NOLIST directive
NOMARGIN statement
See also MARGIN statement
Nonexecutable DIM statement
Nonexecutable statements
COMMON statement
DATA statement
DECLARE statement
DIM statement
EXTERNAL statement
MAP DYNAMIC statement #1
MAP DYNAMIC statement #2
MAP statement
REM statement
UNLESS statement
Nonmodifiable parameters
Nonprinting characters
processing of
using
Nonvirtual DIM statement
NOREWIND clause #1
NOREWIND clause #2
NOSPAN clause
NOT operator
evaluation of
Notation
E #1
E #2
E #3
E #4
E #5
explicit literal
exponential #1
exponential #2
NUL$
NUM function
NUM$ function
NUM function
after MAT INPUT statement
after MAT LINPUT statement
after MAT READ statement
NUM1$ function
NUM2 function
after MAT INPUT statement
after MAT LINPUT statement
after MAT READ statement
Number sign (#)
in PRINT USING statement
Numbers
random #1
random #2
sign of
Numbers in E notation
Numeric constants
Numeric conversion
Numeric expressions
format of
promotion rules
result data types
results for DECIMAL data
results for GFLOAT and HFLOAT
Numeric functions
ABS function
ABS% function
DECIMAL function
FIX function
INT function
LOG function
LOG10 function
MAG function
RND function
SGN function
SQR function
SWAP% function
Numeric literal notation
Numeric operator precedence
Numeric precision
with PRINT statement
with PRINT USING statement
Numeric relational expressions
evaluation of
operators #1
operators #2
Numeric string functions
CHR$ function
COMP% function
DECIMAL function
DIF$ function
FORMAT$ function
INTEGER function
NUM$ function
NUM1$ function
PLACE$ function
PROD$ function
QUO$ function
REAL function
STR$ function
SUM$ function
VAL function
VAL% function
Numeric strings
comparing
precision #1
precision #2
precision #3
precision #4
precision #5
rounding #1
rounding #2
rounding #3
rounding and truncation values
truncating #1
truncating #2
truncating #3