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 |