Overview of mvBASIC Statements and Functions

This section is designed to give a brief topical overview of the statements and functions in mvBASIC. (For full descriptions of the statements and functions, see Statement and Function Reference.) The topics of this section are covered in the following order:

Assignment Statements

Intrinsic Functions

Internal Program Control

External Program Control

Sending Output to the Screen and Printer

Terminal Input

Dynamic Array Processing

Generalized String Processing

Dimensioned Arrays

Reading and Updating File Items

Reading and Writing Tapes or Floppy Disks

Communications

Execution Locks

Compiler Directives

Miscellaneous Statements and Functions

The Error Message Processor

See Also

mvBase mvBASIC User Reference Guide Overview

Syntax Notations

Introduction to mvBASIC

Creating mvBASIC Programs

Format, Data and Expressions

Using the mvBASIC Debugger

Statement and Function Reference

O/S Interoperability Commands

Appendix A: Error Messages

Appendix B: List Of ASCII Codes

Appendix C: mvBASIC Program Examples