Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
User Manual

A
%ABORT directive
ABS function
Addition of matrices
Address expression
with DEPOSIT debugger command
with EXAMINE debugger command
with SET BREAK debugger command
with SET TRACE debugger command
Ampersand (&)
continuation character
in comment field
/ANALYSIS_DATA qualifier
ANSI-D formatted file
ANSI tape files
accessing
/ANSI_STANDARD qualifier
APPEND command
Arrays #1
Arrays #2
Arrays #3
as part of a record buffer
bounds
bounds of
CDD/Repository
CDD/Repository
creating explicitly
creating implicitly
creating virtual array files
descriptors of
FORTRAN
input
matrix
of fixed-length strings
of RECORD instances
output
redimensioning with DIM statement
referencing #1
referencing #2
sharing among program modules
subscripts
vector
within a RECORD
zero-based
ASCII character set
ASCII function
ASSIGN command
Assignment of matrices
Asterisk (*)
with PRINT USING statement
/AUDIT qualifier #1
/AUDIT qualifier #2
B
BASIC
/ANALYSIS_DATA
/ANSI_STANDARD
/AUDIT #1
/AUDIT #2
CDD/Repository
/CHECK
cross-reference listing
/CROSS_REFERENCE
/DEBUG
/DECIMAL_SIZE
/DEPENDENCY_DATA #1
/DEPENDENCY_DATA #2
/DESIGN
/DIAGNOSTICS
/FLAG
/INTEGER_SIZE
line numbers
/LINES
/LISTING #1
/LISTING #2
/MACHINE_CODE
/OBJECT
/OLD_VERSION[=CDD_ARRAYS]
producing source listing file
/REAL_SIZE
/ROUND_DECIMAL
/SCALE
/SEPARATE_COMPILATION
/SHOW
/SYNCHRONOUS_EXCEPTIONS
/SYNTAX_CHECK
/TYPE_DEFAULT
/VARIANT #1
/VARIANT #2
/WARNINGS
BASIC character set
BASIC command
BASIC command qualifiers
list of
BASIC compiler
functions of
Bindings
Exceptions #1
Exceptions #2
Block
loop
Block size
specifying
BLOCKSIZE
with the MOUNT command
Bounds
array
CDD/Repository arrays
Breakpoint
/BRIEF
BUCKETSIZE
default value
Buffers
I/O
record
Built-in lexical functions
%VARIANT directive
BY DESC
BY REF
BY VALUE
BYTE data type
subtypes
C
Call stack
CALL statement #1
CALL statement #2
implicit declarations in
parameters in
using for FUNCTION subprograms
CASE
in RECORD variants
CASE block
CAUSE ERROR statement
CDD$COMPILED_DEPENDS_ON relationship #1
CDD$COMPILED_DEPENDS_ON relationship #2
CDD$DEFAULT directory
CDD/Repository
array bounds
arrays
CDD/Repository
CDD$TOP
CDO
data definition
extracting
translating
data types #1
data types #2
character string
complex
decimal string
fixed-point
floating-point
integer
other
dictionary directory #1
dictionary directory #2
%INCLUDE %FROM %CDD directive
NAME clause
object
/OLD_VERSION[=CDD_ARRAYS]
path name
full
relative
STRUCTURE statement
subordinate field
support
variant
with the RECORD statement
CDD/Repository definitions
including
CDD/Repository features
CDD$TOP
CDO-format dictionary
CDO-format directory
Centered fields
with PRINT USING statement
Channels
specifying with RMSSTATUS function
Character set
ASCII
BASIC
Characters
nonprinting
/CHECK qualifier
CHR$ function
CLOSE statement
ending file I/O
ending I/O to a tape
Command qualifiers
with the BASIC command
Commas
with PRINT USING statement
Comment fields
Comments
entering into the VAX BASIC Environment
in Environment
Common area
defining
Common block
Common Data Dictionary
See CDD/Repository
COMMON statement #1
COMMON statement #2
sharing arrays with
with subprograms
Communication
task-to-task
Compilation
controlling with %LET directive
terminating with %ABORT directive
Compilation listing
with %INCLUDE
with /SHOW
COMPILE command #1
COMPILE command #2
COMPILE command #3
in Environment
Compiled module entity
recording
Compiler
commands
listing
specifying options for
Compiler directives
benefits of
conventions of
listing
Compiling
/DEBUG
Component
of a RECORD
Concatenation
Condition values
Conditional expressions
in IF...THEN...ELSE statement
in WHILE...NEXT loops
Constants
declaring
definition of
string
CONTINUE command #1
CONTINUE command #2
after Ctrl/C
after STOP statement
CONTINUE statement
Control structures #1
Control structures #2
Control variable
loop
COS function
%CROSS directive
/CROSS_REFERENCE qualifier
Ctrl/C trapping #1
Ctrl/C trapping #2
Ctrl/C trapping #3
CTRLC function #1
CTRLC function #2
Currency symbol
with PRINT USING statement
Current record pointer
resetting with RESTORE statement
setting with FIND statement