| OPENOUT (OPENO.) | Open a file for output only. |
| OPENUP | Open a file for updating (input and output). |
| OR | Used as a logical or bitwise operator. |
| OSCLI || | Used to pass a string to the operating system. |
| PAGE (PA.) || | Variable used by the computer to indicate the |
| memory location at which storage of the program | |
| begins. PAGE can be reset by the user, so with care | |
| it is possible to have several programs in the | |
| computer memory at the same time. | |
| PI | Give the value of pi (3.141592653) for use in |
| calculations. | |
| PLOT (PL.) | Carry out a plotting function according to the |
| parameters following the PLOT command (see the | |
| full list of PLOT codes in Appendix 8). | |
| POINT( (PO.) | Give the logical colour number at a particular |
| graphics point. | |
| POS | Give the current x coordinate of the text cursor. |
| PRINT (P.) | Print characters to the screen. The format of |
| printing is affected by the use of ; , ' and the | |
| printing of numbers is controlled by the value of the | |
| integer variable @%. | |
| PRINT# (P.#) | Print the variable values following PRINT# to an |
| open file. | |
| PROC | Define or call a procedure. |
| PTR# | Function which gives the position within a file where |
| the next characters will be read or written. The user | |
| can change the value of PTR# and can thus read or | |
| write anywhere within the file, allowing random | |
| access to records. | |
| RAD | Function which converts an angle from degrees to |
| radians. | |
| READ | Read items from a DATA statement. |
| REM | A remark to help document the program. REMs are |
| ignored by the computer on execution of the | |
| program. | |
| App 6.6 |