Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
User Manual

I
I/O
device-specific
network
performing to ANSI-formatted magnetic tapes
to mailboxes
I/O buffer
%IDENT directive
IDENTIFY command
IF modifier
IF statement
in immediate mode statements
%IF-%THEN-%ELSE-%END %IF
%IF-%THEN-%ELSE-%END %IF directive
IF...THEN...ELSE statement #1
IF...THEN...ELSE statement #2
Immediate mode
debugging in
debugging multiple program units
debugging restrictions
examining variables in
FOR statement in
IF statement in
invalid statements
UNLESS statement in
UNTIL statement in
WHILE statement in
%INCLUDE directive #1
%INCLUDE directive #2
%INCLUDE directive #3
%INCLUDE directive #4
accessing record definitions
accessing text libraries
benefits of
from a file
%INCLUDE %FROM %CDD directive
Indexed files
alternate index keys
index key values
Informational errors
Initialization of variables
INKEY$ function
Input
from source program
from terminal
from terminal-format files #1
from terminal-format files #2
interactive
methods for receiving
strings
INPUT LINE statement #1
INPUT LINE statement #2
disabling the prompt
with strings
INPUT statement #1
INPUT statement #2
disabling the prompt
with strings
Instance
RECORD
INT function
Integer
variables
INTEGER data type
Integer format
byte-length
longword
word-length
/INTEGER_SIZE qualifier
INV function
ITERATE statement #1
ITERATE statement #2
L
Labels
platform
Language expression
EVALUATE debugger command
with DEPOSIT debugger command
Language-Sensitive Editor
See LSE
LBOUND function
Leading zeros
with PRINT USING statement
Left-justified format
with PRINT USING statement
LEN function
string function
%LET directive #1
%LET directive #2
LET statement #1
LET statement #2
with dynamic strings
with string data
Lexical constants
creating
Lexical expressions
variations of
Libraries
object module
shareable image
system-supplied #1
system-supplied #2
user-supplied #1
user-supplied #2
Line mode #1
Line mode #2
line numbers in
Line number
debugger source display
SET BREAK debugger command
SET TRACE debugger command
Line numbers #1
Line numbers #2
generating
programs without
with %INCLUDE directive
with SEQUENCE command
/LINE qualifier
Line terminator
accepting as input
Lines
displaying with LIST command
displaying with LISTNH command
/LINES qualifier
LINK command
qualifiers of
Linker
error messages
input files
output files
Linking
/DEBUG
LINPUT statement #1
LINPUT statement #2
disabling the prompt
with strings
List
LIST command
%LIST directive
Listing
compilation
/LISTING qualifier #1
/LISTING qualifier #2
LISTNH command
LOAD command #1
LOAD command #2
LOC function
LOCK command
LOG10 function
Logarithms
common
Logical names
assigning with ASSIGN command
defining
example of
using
LONG data type
subtypes
Loop blocks
Loop control variable
Loop index
Loops #1
Loops #2
FOR...NEXT #1
FOR...NEXT #2
UNTIL...NEXT
WHILE...NEXT #1
WHILE...NEXT #2
Lower bounds
with COMMON statement
with MAP statement
with the RECORD statement
LSE
LSET statement
concatenating strings
with dynamic strings
with string data
M
/MACHINE_CODE qualifier
Magnetic tape block sizes
Magnetic tape files
creating
creating for output
existing
opening #1
opening #2
Mailboxes
creating
passing data between processes
Map area
defining
MAP DYNAMIC statement
MAP statement #1
MAP statement #2
overlaying array storage with
with subprograms
Maps
multiple
single
MAT INPUT statement
continuing input line with ampersand
filling array elements with
from a terminal
from a terminal-format file
prompt character
subscripts in
MAT LINPUT statement
filling array elements with
redimensioning arrays with
MAT PRINT statement
with comma (,)
with semicolon (;)
MAT READ statement
subscripts in
with DATA statement
MAT statement #1
MAT statement #2
adding elements of arrays
assigning array values from other arrays
assigning values with
creating arrays with
displaying values with
for array computations
keywords
multiplying elements of arrays
redimensioning with
subscripts in
subtracting elements of arrays
use of row and column zero
with implicitly created arrays
MAT statements
Matrix
arithmetic
functions
Memory
clearing with NEW command
clearing with SCRATCH command
Merge
APPEND command
Messages
run-time
MID$
assignment statement
MID$ function
string function
Mixed-mode expressions
Mode
immediate
line #1
line #2
Modifiers
statement #1
statement #2
Module names #1
Module names #2
Motif
See DECwindows Motif
MOVE statement #1
MOVE statement #2
default string lengths
valid variables in
Multiplication of matrices