Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
User Manual

S
SAVE command #1
SAVE command #2
%SBTTL directive
SCALE command
/SCALE qualifier
SCRATCH command
Screen mode
SEG$ function
string function
SELECT...CASE statement #1
SELECT...CASE statement #2
with RECORD variants
Semicolons
using with PRINT statement
/SEPARATE_COMPILATION
SEQUENCE command
Sequential files
SET BREAK debugger command
SET command
SET MODE SCREEN debugger command
SET [NO] PROMPT statement #1
SET [NO] PROMPT statement #2
SET NO PROMPT statement
disabling the prompt
SET TRACE debugger command
SET VARIANT command
Severe errors
/SHARE qualifier
Shareable images
accessing
accessing at DCL level
benefits of
contents of
creating
installed
within the VAX BASIC Environment
SHOW CALLS debugger command
SHOW command
/SHOW qualifier
/SILENT qualifier
SIN function
Single tape file
example of creating
Source display #1
Source display #2
not available
TYPE debugger command
SPACE$ function
string function
SQR function
Square root
SQR function
Statement modifiers #1
Statement modifiers #2
FOR
IF
UNLESS
UNTIL
WHILE
Static storage
allocating
dynamic mapping
$STATUS
Status
on exit
STATUS function
STEP clause
STEP debugger command
STOP statement #1
STOP statement #2
resuming program execution after
Storage
dynamic
redefining
static
Stream record format
String
dynamic
fixed-length
manipulating with multiple maps
numeric
variable
virtual array
String data
assigning and justifying
formatting with PRINT USING statement
manipulating with MAP statements
manipulating with string functions
STRING data type
String format fields
String function
EDIT$ function
LEN function
MID$ function
POS function
purposes
SEG$ function
SPACE$ function
STRING$ function
string function
String function
STRING$ function
TRM$ function
with the LET statement
String variables
fixed-length
String virtual arrays
assigning values
creating
Strings
printing with PRINT USING statement
SUB subprograms
Subprograms
calling from other languages
compiling
compiling from a single source file
compiling from multiple source files
creating a single object file
DATA statements in
handling errors in
invoking
passing data to
READ statements in
RESTORE statements in
Subscripted variables #1
Subscripted variables #2
Subtraction of matrices
SUM$ function
precision of
Symbol
record
Symbolic debugger
See Debugger
Symbolic definitions
Symbolic definitions
accessing with %INCLUDE directive
Symbolic definitions
location of
/SYNCHRONOUS_EXCEPTIONS
/SYNTAX_CHECK qualifier
/SYSTEM qualifier
System routines
arguments of
calling
calling as a procedure
examples of calling
System Service routines
System services
example of calling
T
TAN function
Tape unit
allocating for device-specific I/O
Tapes
allocating
setting the density
Template
RECORD
Terminal-format files
channel specification for
closing
input and output
opening
transferring data to
writing records to
Text libraries
accessing
creating
system-supplied
THEN clause
TIME function
TIME$ function
%TITLE directive
Traceback
SHOW CALLS debugger command
Tracepoint
TRM$ function
string function
TRN function
TYPE debugger command
/TYPE_DEFAULT qualifier
U
UBOUND function
%UNDEFINE
UNLESS modifier
UNLESS statement
in immediate mode statements
UNLOCK EXPLICIT clause
UNLOCK statement
UNSAVE command
UNTIL modifier
UNTIL...NEXT loops
UNTIL statement
in immediate mode statements
UPDATE statement
current and next record pointers after
in a relative file
in a sequential file
in an indexed file
Upper bounds
with COMMON statement
with MAP statement
with the RECORD statement
V
VAL function
VAL% function
Variable name
DEPOSIT debugger command
EVALUATE debugger command
EXAMINE debugger command
VARIABLE record formats
specifying
Variables
arrays of #1
arrays of #2
declaring #1
declaring #2
floating-point
initialization of #1
initialization of #2
integer
names
packed decimal
redefining
string #1
string #2
subscripted #1
subscripted #2
VARIANT #1
VARIANT #2
%VARIANT directive #1
%VARIANT directive #2
/VARIANT qualifier
Variants
CDD/Repository
Vector
Virtual array files
Virtual files
VMSSTATUS function #1
VMSSTATUS function #2