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HP Business BASIC/XL Reference Manual

COMMAND 

The COMMAND statement executes a string expression as if its value were a
program line.

Syntax 

COMMAND str_expr 

Parameters 

str_expr         Its value must be an executable statement with 500 or
                 fewer characters.  If it is not, an error occurs.

                 The executable statement cannot be any of the following:

                  *  A command-only statement (for example, LIST).

                  *  A program-only statement (for example, INPUT).

                  *  The COMMAND statement.

                  *  Any statement that defines a construct (for example:
                     WHILE, END WHILE, or REPEAT).

                 The statement cannot be a declaration statement, because
                 declaration statements are not executable.

Examples 

     100 READ I
     105 DATA 1
     110 IF I THEN
     120   Routine$="Routine1"
     130 ELSE
     140   Routine$="Routine2"
     150 ENDIF
     160 COMMAND "GOSUB " + Routine$   !Issue the GOSUB statement
     170 STOP
     180 Routine1: I=I+(2*I)+(3*I)
     190 RETURN
     200 Routine2: I=I*(2+I)*(3+I)
     210 RETURN
     220 END

The COMMAND statement is not compilable.

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