BASIC Reserved Characters

The following BASIC reserved characters are presented:

() Reserved Characters

Surround arguments within functions, encloses subscript references within dimensioned arrays, and override the normal order of precedence evaluation.

: Reserved Character

Separates multiple FlashBASIC or BASIC statements on a single line.

, Reserved Character

Has multiple purposes, all of which are discussed in this topic.

<> Reserved Characters

Surround subscripts within dynamic arrays.

" Reserved Character

Marks the beginning or ending of a literal string in FlashBASIC or BASIC.

[] Reserved Characters

Perform substring extraction, assignment, and field store.

\ Reserved Character

Marks the beginning or ending of a literal string in FlashBASIC or BASIC.