Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
Reference Manual

D
Data
transferring with MOVE statement
DATA statement
comment fields in
in DEF function
in DEF* function
See also READ statement
terminating
with MAT READ statement
with READ statement
with RESTORE statement
Data structures
defining
Data type defaults #1
Data type defaults #2
constants
Data type functions
DECIMAL function
INTEGER function
REAL function
Data type keywords
Data types #1
Data types #2
BYTE
CHARACTER
DECIMAL
decimal overflow checking
defining with RECORD statement
DOUBLE
GFLOAT
HFLOAT
in LET statement
in logical expressions
in numeric expressions
INTEGER
integer overflow checking
keywords #1
keywords #2
LONG
numeric literal notation
precision
precision in PRINT statement
precision in PRINT USING statement
promotion rules
QUAD
range
REAL
results for DECIMAL data
results for GFLOAT and HFLOAT
results in expressions
RFA
setting defaults with OPTION statement
SFLOAT
SINGLE
size
storage of #1
storage of #2
STRING
suffix characters
TFLOAT
WORD
XFLOAT
Data typing
explicit
implicit
with declarative statements
with suffix characters
Date and time functions
TIME function
TIME$ function
DATE$ function
DATE4$ function
DCL commands
in Environment
Debit/Credit field
in PRINT USING statement
/DEBUG qualfier
/DEBUG qualifier
with RUN command
DECIMAL data type
constants
format of
overflow checking
promotion rules
rounding
storage of
DECIMAL function
Decimal radix
/DECIMAL_SIZE qualifier
Declarative statements
COMMON statement
DECLARE statement
EXTERNAL statement
MAP statement
DECLARE statement
CONSTANT
%DECLARED directive
DEF function
ending
error handling in #1
error handling in #2
error handling in #3
error handling in #4
DEF* function
error handling in #1
error handling in #2
DEF function
exiting
DEF* function
multiline
parameters #1
parameters #2
DEF function
recursion in
DEF* function
recursion in
single-line
DEF function
transferring control into #1
transferring control into #2
transferring control into #3
with INPUT LINE statement
with INPUT statement
with LINPUT statement
with READ statement
DEF* Routines
DEF statement
DEF* statement
DEF statement
multiline
parameters #1
parameters #2
single-line
Default
BUCKETSIZE clause
COMMON name
data type
DEFAULTNAME clause
error handling
file name #1
file name #2
overriding with DECLARE statement #1
overriding with DECLARE statement #2
overriding with EXTERNAL statement
parameter-passing mechanisms #1
parameter-passing mechanisms #2
parameter-passing mechanisms #3
RECORDSIZE clause
scale factor
setting with OPTION statement
WINDOWSIZE clause
DEFAULTNAME clause #1
DEFAULTNAME clause #2
Defaults
COMPILE command
constants
data type #1
data type #2
displaying
EDIT command
file name #1
file name #2
file name #3
file name #4
file name #5
file name #6
file name #7
floating-point constants
implicitly declared variables
integer constants
listing file
LOAD command
numeric constants
object module name
overriding with COMPILE command
overriding with RUN command
radix
RESEQUENCE command
SCALE command
SEQUENCE command
SET command
SHOW command
%DEFINE directive
DELETE command
DELETE statement
with UNLOCK statement
Delimiter
EDIT command
in DATA statement
string literal
/DEPENDENCY_DATA qualifier
DESCENDING keys #1
DESCENDING keys #2
Descriptors #1
Descriptors #2
Descriptors #3
Descriptors #4
Descriptors #5
DSC$K_CLASS_NCA
noncontiguous
/DESIGN qualifier
DET function
Detached handler
Determinant
/DIAGNOSTICS qualifier
DIF$ function
DIM statement
executable #1
executable #2
nonvirtual, nonexecutable
virtual
with MAT statement #1
with MAT statement #2
with MAT statement #3
with MAT statement #4
with MAT statement #5
with MAT statement #6
DIMENSION statement
See also DIM statement
Dimensions
of arrays #1
of arrays #2
Documentation
program
Dollar sign ($)
in DECLARE statement
in DEF names
in DEF* statement names
in PRINT USING statement
in variable names #1
in variable names #2
suffix character
DOUBLE data type
/DOUBLE qualifier
DUPLICATES clause #1
DUPLICATES clause #2
Dynamic array #1
Dynamic array #2
Dynamic array #3
Dynamic mapping #1
Dynamic mapping #2
Dynamic mapping #3
Dynamic storage #1
Dynamic storage #2
Dynamic storage #3