Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
User Manual

N
Names
variables
Negative format fields
with PRINT USING statement
Network I/O
NEW command #1
NEW command #2
Next record pointer
/[NO]CROSS_REFERENCE
/[NO]DEBUG
/[NO]EXECUTABLE
/[NO]MAP
/[NO]SHAREABLE
/[NO]TRACEBACK
%NOCROSS directive
NOECHO function
/NOLINE
with ERL function
%NOLIST directive
Nonprinting characters
/NOOBJECT qualifier
NOREWIND
positioning tape
NOTBASIC errors
Null
character
string
NUM function
NUM$ function
NUM1$ function
Numbers
printing with PRINT USING statement
Numeric data
interpreting with multiple maps
O
Object module libraries
at DCL level
creating
module names in
within the VAX BASIC Environment
Object module library
using
Object modules
loading with LOAD command
producing with /OBJECT
/OBJECT qualifier
OLD command #1
OLD command #2
OLD command #3
/OLD_VERSION[=CDD_ARRAYS] qualifier
ON ERROR GO BACK statement
ON ERROR GOTO statement
passing to default error handler
ON ERROR statement #1
ON ERROR statement #2
OPEN statement #1
OPEN statement #2
BUCKETSIZE
clauses for optimizing I/O
control structures set by USEROPEN keyword
EXTENDSIZE clause
FOR INPUT
FOR OUTPUT
keyword
opening indexed files
ORGANIZATION UNDEFINED
RECORDSIZE
RECORDTYPE ANY
specifying file characteristics with
UNLOCK EXPLICIT
with BUFFER clause
with CONNECT clause
with CONTIGUOUS clause
with DEFAULTNAME clause
with FILESIZE clause
with MAP clause
with NOSPAN clause
with RECORDTYPE clause
with TEMPORARY clause
with USEROPEN keyword
with WINDOWSIZE attribute
OpenVMS Calling Standard
OpenVMS data structures
table of
OpenVMS Debugger
See Debugger
OpenVMS symbolic debugger
See Debugger
Operand
Operator
Optimization
with handlers
/OPTIMIZE
OPTION HANDLE statement
OPTION statement
Output
displaying with PRINT statement
format for numbers
format for strings
to terminal-format files
P
Packed decimal
data type
format
string descriptors
variables
%PAGE directive
Parameter-passing mechanisms
declaring in EXTERNAL statement
default
Parameters
creating local copies of
default data types for
null
passing BY DESC
passing BY REF
passing BY VALUE
Path name
PC
and SHOW CALLS debugger display
and source display
and STEP debugger command
breakpoint
PICTURE subprograms
PLACE$ function
precision of
significant digits
Placeholders
reserving with PRINT USING statement
Platform
description of
labels
POS function
string function
Positional qualifiers
rules for precedence
Predefined constants
BEL
BS
CR
DEL
ESC
FF
HT
LF
PI
SI
SO
SP
VT
%PRINT directive
PRINT statement #1
PRINT statement #2
expression values
for array elements
string literals
with comma
with semicolon
PRINT USING statement
Print zones
Priorities of handlers
Procedure call
PROD$ function
precision of
significant digits
Program control #1
Program control #2
Program Design Facility (PDF)
Program execution
resuming with CONTINUE command
PROGRAM statement #1
PROGRAM statement #2
PROGRAM statement #3
identifiers #1
identifiers #2
Programs
comments
controlling #1
controlling #2
documenting
naming
renaming with RENAME command
renumbering with RESEQUENCE command
Prompt
enabling and disabling
Protected regions #1
Protected regions #2
nested #1
nested #2
PUT statement #1
PUT statement #2
current and next record pointers after
sequential
writing data
writing records with
Q
Qualifiers
declining
Qualifiers on BASIC command line
QUO$ function
precision of
significant digits
R
Random number generators
changing seed
selecting range
RANDOMIZE statement
RCTRLC function #1
RCTRLC function #2
READ statement
REAL data type
Real number format
DOUBLE floating-point
GFLOAT floating-point
HFLOAT floating-point
SINGLE floating-point
/REAL_SIZE qualifier
Record buffers
accessing with multiple maps
dynamic
static
RECORD components
accessing #1
accessing #2
fully qualified
grouping
referencing #1
referencing #2
Record File Address
Record formats
RECORD instances
arrays of
Record operations
RECORD statement #1
RECORD statement #2
RECORD templates
RECORD variants #1
RECORD variants #2
Records
blocking and deblocking of
writing to a terminal-format file
writing with PUT and GET statements
RECOUNT function
REGARDLESS clause #1
REGARDLESS clause #2
Relationship
dictionary
Relationship-type
Relative files
REMAP statement
Remote files
accessing
RENAME command
REPLACE command
%REPORT directive
RESEQUENCE command
RESTORE statement
rewinding tape with
with magnetic tapes
RESUME statement #1
RESUME statement #2
to a label
to a line number
Retrieval pointers
RETRY statement
RFA data type
Right justification
RSET statement
Right-justified format
with PRINT USING statement
RMSSTATUS function #1
RMSSTATUS function #2
RND function
Round-off errors
overcoming with SCALE command
/ROUND_DECIMAL qualifier
RSET statement
concatenating strings
with dynamic strings
with string data
RUN command #1
RUN command #2
RUN command #3
RUN command #4
RUN command #5
Run-time errors #1
Run-time errors #2
Run-Time Library routines
RUNNH command #1
RUNNH command #2
RUNNH command #3