BASIC

Operation Notes

The BASIC command is generally used for online programming in BASIC/V, but it can also be used to interpret BASIC/V programs submitted in batch mode. In batch mode, the BASIC/V >EOD command is required after any data following the BASIC/V >RUN command, or after the >RUN command itself if there is no data.

Use

This command may be issued from a session, job, or program. It may not be used in BREAK. Pressing Break suspends the execution of this command. Entering the RESUME command continues the execution.

Examples

To enter commands and data from your standard input device, with program listing and output transmitted to the standard output device, enter:

  BASIC

You may also submit commands and data to the BASIC/V interpreter through input files that you have stored on disk. Files created using the editor must be kept with the UNN (unnumbered) option of the editor KEEP command. In this example, BASIC/V interpreter commands and statements are submitted from the command file MYCOMDS. The data that the program uses is stored in the input file MYDATA. The program listing and output are written to the file MYLIST.

  BASIC MYCOMDS,MYDATA,MYLIST