INPUT Statement [ HP Business BASIC/XL Migration Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
HP Business BASIC/XL Migration Guide
INPUT Statement
The INPUT statement is automatically translated as indicated below:
In BASIC/V, a comma separates the prompt and the variable of an INPUT
statement. HP Business BASIC/XL uses a semicolon instead. The migration
aid automatically replaces the comma with a semicolon.
LET Statement
LET statements are automatically translated as indicated below:
Table 13-5. LET Statements
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| BASIC/V | HP Business BASIC/XL |
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| LET (var1)=(var2)=(expr1) | LET (var1),(var2)=(expr1) |
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| LET (var1)=(expr1) | LET (var1)=(expr1) |
| | ,(var2)=(expr2) ;(var2)=(expr2) |
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You can combine the two types of LET statements shown above:
10 LET A=B=C=0,F$=T1$="hello"
Commas separate variables when you assign expressions to more than one
variable in HP Business BASIC/XL.
Semicolons separate multiple assignments made in a single statement.
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