Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
Reference Manual

S
SAVE command
with RENAME command
%SBTTL directive
SCALE command
Scale factor
setting with OPTION statement
setting with SCALE command
/SCALE qualifier
SCRATCH command
SCRATCH statement
SEG$ function
Segmented keys
SELECT
transferring control into #1
transferring control into #2
SELECT statement
Semicolon (:)
in INPUT LINE statement
in INPUT statement
in LINPUT statement
in MAT PRINT statement
in PRINT statement
SEQUENCE command
Sequential files
deleting records in
finding records in
fixed-length
NOSPAN clause
opening
record size in
retrieving records in
stream
updating
variable-length
writing records to #1
writing records to #2
SET command
BASIC qualifiers
SET PROMPT statement
/SETUP qualifier
SFLOAT data type #1
SFLOAT data type #2
SGN function
SHOW command
/SHOW qualifier
CDD_DEFINITIONS
%INCLUDE directive
SIN function
Sine
SINGLE data type
Single-line
DEF* functions
DEF statement
loops #1
loops #2
loops #3
/SINGLE qualifier
Single-statement lines
Size
of numeric data
of STRING data
SLEEP statement
Source text
copying #1
copying #2
SPACE$ function
SQR function
SQRT function
Square roots
STARLET routines
Statement blocks
exiting
Statement modifiers
FOR statement
IF statement #1
IF statement #2
UNLESS statement
UNTIL statement
WHILE statement
Statements
backslash separator
block #1
block #2
block #3
block #4
block #5
block #6
components of
continued #1
continued #2
data typing
declarative
executable
execution of
format of
labeling of
multistatement lines
nonexecutable #1
nonexecutable #2
nonexecutable #3
nonexecutable #4
nonexecutable #5
nonexecutable #6
nonexecutable #7
nonexecutable #8
nonexecutable #9
nonexecutable #10
order of
single-line
Static
arrays
mapping
storage #1
storage #2
storage #3
STATUS function
BASIC STATUS bits
STEP clause
STOP statement
See also CONTINUE statement
with RUN command
Storage
allocating for FILL items #1
allocating for FILL items #2
allocating for RECORD structures
allocating for VARIANT fields
allocating with MAP DYNAMIC statement
allocating with MAP statement
allocating with REMAP statement
COMMON area and MAP area #1
COMMON area and MAP area #2
dynamic #1
dynamic #2
dynamic #3
for arrays
for FILL items #1
for FILL items #2
for record structures
in COMMON statement
in MAP statement
of data
of DECIMAL data
of RFA data
of STRING data
shared #1
shared #2
static #1
static #2
static #3
STR$ function
Stream
format
record
String arithmetic functions
DIF$ function
PLACE$ function
PROD$ function
QUO$ function
SUM$ function
String constants
processing of
String data
assigning with LSET statement
assigning with RSET statement
STRING data type
length
storage of
String expressions
relational
STRING$ function
String functions
ASCII function
EDIT$ function
INSTR function
LEFT$ function
LEN function
MID$ function
POS function
RIGHT$ function
SEG$ function
SPACE$ function
STRING$ function
TRM$ function
XLATE$ function
String literals
continuing
delimiter
in PRINT USING statement
processing of #1
processing of #2
quotation marks in
String relational expressions
evaluation of
operators
padding
String variables
formatting storage #1
formatting storage #2
in INPUT LINE statement
in INPUT statement
in LET statement
in LINPUT statement
Strings
comparing #1
comparing #2
concatenating #1
concatenating #2
converting
creating #1
creating #2
editing #1
editing #2
extracting substrings #1
extracting substrings #2
extracting substrings #3
extracting substrings #4
finding length
finding substrings #1
finding substrings #2
justifying with FORMAT$ function
justifying with LSET statement
justifying with PRINT USING statement
justifying with RSET statement
numeric #1
numeric #2
numeric #3
numeric #4
numeric #5
numeric #6
numeric #7
numeric #8
numeric #9
numeric #10
replacing substrings
suffix character
SUB statement
parameters
SUBEND statement
See also END statement
SUBEXIT statement
See also EXIT statement
Subprograms
calling
declaring
ending #1
ending #2
ending #3
error handling in #1
error handling in #2
error handling in #3
error handling in #4
exiting #1
exiting #2
FUNCTION statement
naming #1
naming #2
recursion in
returning from
SUB statement
Subroutines
external
GOSUB statement
RETURN statement
Subscripted variables
format of
range checking
subscript range
Subscripts
range of
Substrings
extracting #1
extracting #2
extracting with LEFT$ function
extracting with MID$ function
extracting with RIGHT$ function
extracting with SEG$ function
finding #1
finding #2
replacing
Suffix characters
integer
string
SUM$ function
SWAP% function
/SYNTAX_CHECK qualifier
SYS$CURRENCY
SYS$DIGIT_SEP
SYS$RADIX_POINT
$ System-command