REM Statement

The REM statement begins a comment line in the program.

Format

REM anything

! anything

* anything

Parameter(s)

anything

Any text may be placed after a REM, !, or * statement.

Description

The REM, *, and ! statements may be used to begin a comment line in the source code. Comment lines should be used to thoroughly document source code.

Comment lines may be inserted into the object code with the $* statement. See $* Statement for more information.

Example

A program might be documented as follows:

********************************************

******* THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR …

********************************************

 

***** MAIN********************************

LOOP UNTIL …

   GOSUB ROUTINE

   .

   .

   .

REPEAT

STOP

 

****SUBROUTINES***********************

ROUTINE:

See Also

Statement and Function Reference