IF | Part of the IF... THEN statement. The computer only |
executes the instruction after THEN if the condition | |
following IF evaluates TRUE. | |
INKEY || | Wait for a given time for a key depression, and |
produce the ASCII code for that key. The time is | |
expressed in hundredths of a second. | |
INKEY$ (INK.) || | Wait for a given time for a key depression, amd |
produce the character for that key. The time is | |
expressed in hundredths of a second. | |
INPUT (I.) | Wait for an input or inputs from the keyboard |
terminated by RETURN. | |
INPUT LINE | Accepts, from the keyboard, a single input |
containing leading or trailing spaces or commas, | |
terminated by RETURN. | |
INPUT# (I.#) | Input data from an open file and store the data in the |
variables following the INPUT# statement. | |
INSTR (INS.) | Search one string for occurrences of another string, |
and give the character position where the matching | |
string begins. | |
INT | Function which converts a decimal number into the |
nearest integer smaller than the original number. | |
LEFT$( (LE.) | Extract the left part of a string. |
LEN | Function which gives the length of a string. |
LET | Set a variable to a given value. The use of LET is |
optional in BBC BASIC. | |
LIST (L.) | List the current program. LISTO sets the |
indentation options to make the program easier | |
toread. LIST IF is used to list all lines containing a | |
particular character sequence. | |
LN | Function which gives the natural logarithm of a |
number. | |
LOAD (LO.) | Load a BASIC program. |
LOCAL (LOC.) | Declare the variables that follow as local only to that |
procedure or function. Thus they will not interfere | |
with similarly named variables elsewhere in the | |
program. Parameters passed to a procedure are | |
automatically local. | |
App 6.4 | |