Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
Reference Manual

E
E-format notation
field in PRINT USING statement
with PRINT statement
with STR$ function
E formatting character
in PRINT USING statement
E mathematical constant
E notation
numbers in
ECHO function
See also NOECHO function
EDIT command
EDIT$ function
values
Elementary record components
ELSE clause
END statement
SUB subprograms
Environment, VAX BASIC
commands
comments in immediate mode
Equivalence name
ERL function
with labels
with RESEQUENCE command
ERN$ function
ERR function
Error
severity level
Error condition
clearing with CONTINUE statement
Error handling
disabling
ERL function
ERN$ function
ERR function
ERT$ function
in DEF functions #1
in DEF functions #2
in DEF functions #3
in DEF functions #4
in DEF* functions
in FOR...NEXT loops
in subprograms #1
in subprograms #2
in subprograms #3
in subprograms #4
in UNTIL loops
in WHILE loops
ON ERROR GO BACK statement
ON ERROR GOTO 0 statement
ON ERROR GOTO statement
OPTION HANDLE
recursion in
RESUME statement
Error handling functions
CTRLC function
ERL function
ERN$ function
ERR function
ERT$ function
RCTRLC function
Error number
Error text
ERT$ function
Evaluation
of expressions
of logical expressions
of numeric relational expressions
of operators
of SELECT statement
of string relational expressions
Exclamation point (!)
in comment fields
in PRINT USING statement
Executable
statements
Execution
continuing #1
continuing #2
of statements
of system commands
program
stopping #1
stopping #2
stopping #3
suspending #1
suspending #2
EXIT command
EXIT statement
EXP function
Explicit
creation of arrays
data typing #1
data typing #2
declaration of variables
literal notation
loop iteration
record locking #1
record locking #2
record locking #3
record locking #4
record locking #5
record locking #6
record locking #7
Exponential notation #1
Exponential notation #2
in PRINT USING statement
numbers in
with PRINT statement
Exponentiation
Expressions
conditional
conditional in %LET directive
definition of
evaluation of
lexical #1
lexical #2
lexical #3
logical
mixed-mode
numeric
numeric relational
operator precedence in #1
operator precedence in #2
parentheses in
relational
string
string relational
types of
Extended field
in PRINT USING statement
EXTENDSIZE clause
External
constant
function
picture
subprogram
subroutine
variable
External constants
naming
EXTERNAL statement
CONSTANT
parameters
External variables
naming
F
FAB status
Field
asterisk-filled
blank-if-zero
centered
comment
credit or debit
exponential
extended
floating dollar sign
GROUP
left-justified
multiple fields within a format string
one-character
right-justified
trailing minus sign
VARIANT
zero-filled
FIELD statement
File attributes
BLOCKSIZE clause
CONTIGUOUS clause
EXTENDSIZE clause
FILESIZE clause
magnetic tape
File names
CHAIN statement default
COMPILE command default
LOAD command default
NEW command default
OLD command default
OPEN default
RENAME command default
REPLACE command default
RUN command default
SAVE command default
UNSAVE command default
File organization
indexed
relative
sequential
undefined
virtual
File-related functions
BUFSIZ function
CCPOS function
FSP$ function
GETRFA function
MAR function
RECOUNT function
STATUS function
Files
accessing
block I/O #1
block I/O #2
block I/O #3
block I/O #4
closing
deleting #1
deleting #2
deleting #3
deleting records in #1
deleting records in #2
finding buffer size
%INCLUDE #1
%INCLUDE #2
%INCLUDE directive
indexed #1
indexed #2
indexed #3
indexed #4
indexed #5
indexed #6
indexed #7
indexed #8
indexed #9
locating
magnetic tape #1
magnetic tape #2
magnetic tape #3
opening
relative #1
relative #2
relative #3
relative #4
relative #5
relative #6
relative #7
relative #8
renaming
restoring data
sequential #1
sequential #2
sequential #3
sequential #4
sequential #5
sequential #6
sequential #7
sequential #8
sequential #9
terminal-format #1
terminal-format #2
terminal-format #3
terminal-format #4
terminal-format #5
terminal-format #6
terminal-format #7
terminal-format #8
terminal-format #9
terminal-format #10
terminal-format #11
virtual #1
virtual #2
FILESIZE clause
FILL #1
FILL #2
FILL #3
FILL$ #1
FILL$ #2
FILL$ #3
FILL% #1
FILL% #2
FILL% #3
FILL items
formats and storage
in COMMON statement
in MAP statement
in MOVE statement
in REMAP statement
FILL keyword
FILL$ keyword
FILL% keyword
FIND statement
with UNLOCK statement
with UPDATE statement
FIX function
compared with INT function
/FLAG qualifier
Floating dollar sign field
in PRINT USING statement
Floating-point
constants
data types #1
data types #2
data types #3
promotion rules
variables
FNEND statement
See also END statement
FNEXIT statement
See also EXIT statement
FOR clause
FOR...NEXT loops #1
FOR...NEXT loops #2
conditional
error handling in
explicit iteration of
nested
transferring control into #1
transferring control into #2
transferring control into #3
transferring control into #4
transferring control into #5
unconditional
FOR statement
Format
characters in PRINT USING statement
combination of characters in PRINT USING statement
defaults for U.S. currency
E
exponential
multiple print fields with PRINT USING statement
of data in DATA statement
of FILL items
of keywords
of labels
of line numbers
of multiline REM statement
of multistatement lines
of program lines #1
of program lines #2
of program lines #3
of statements
Radix-50
FORMAT$ function
FOR_NEXT loops
exiting
FREE statement
FSP$ function
Function
declaring #1
declaring #2
declaring #3
external
initialization of #1
initialization of #2
invocation of #1
invocation of #2
lexical #1
lexical #2
lexical #3
naming #1
naming #2
parameters #1
parameters #2
user-defined #1
user-defined #2
FUNCTION statement
FUNCTION subprograms
naming
parameters
FUNCTIONEND statement
See also END statement
FUNCTIONEXIT statement
See also EXIT statement