Compaq BASIC for OpenVMS
Alpha and VAX Systems
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M
/MACHINE_CODE qualifier
MAG function
Magnetic tape files
    BLOCKSIZE clause
    MAGTAPE function
    NOREWIND clause
    RESTORE statement
MAGTAPE function
    performing functions in BASIC
MAP
    FILL item formats and storage
MAP area
    naming
MAP clause #1
MAP clause #2
MAP DYNAMIC statement
    with REMAP statement #1
    with REMAP statement #2
MAP statement
    with FIELD statement
    with MAP DYNAMIC statement
    with REMAP statement
MAR function
Margin
    width #1
    width #2
    width #3
    width #4
MARGIN statement
    See also NOMARGIN statement
    with PRINT statement
MAT
    with DET function
MAT INPUT statement
MAT LINPUT statement
MAT PRINT statement
MAT READ statement
MAT statement
    with FIELD statement
Matrix
    identity
Matrix arithmetic
Matrix functions
    DET function
    NUM function
    NUM2 function
Matrix operations
    arithmetic
    assigning values #1
    assigning values #2
    assigning values #3
    I/O #1
    I/O #2
    inversion #1
    inversion #2
    printing
    redimensioning #1
    redimensioning #2
    redimensioning #3
    redimensioning #4
    scalar multiplication
    transposition
MAX function
Memory
    clearing with SCRATCH command
MID$ function
    See also SEG$ function
MIN function
Minus sign (--)
    in PRINT USING statement
Mixed-mode expressions
MOD function
Modifiable parameters
Modifiers
    FOR statement
    IF statement #1
    IF statement #2
    UNLESS statement
    UNTIL statement
    WHILE statement
MOVE
    FILL item formats and storage
MOVE statement
    with FIELD statement
Multiline
    DEF* functions
    DEF statement
Multistatement lines
    backslash in
    format of
    implicit continuation
N
NAME...AS statement
Named constants
    changing
    external #1
    external #2
    internal #1
    internal #2
NEW command
NEXT statement
    with FOR statement
    with WHILE statement
%NOCROSS directive
NOECHO function
    See also ECHO function
%NOLIST directive
NOMARGIN statement
    See also MARGIN statement
Nonexecutable DIM statement
Nonexecutable statements
    COMMON statement
    DATA statement
    DECLARE statement
    DIM statement
    EXTERNAL statement
    MAP DYNAMIC statement #1
    MAP DYNAMIC statement #2
    MAP statement
    REM statement
    UNLESS statement
Nonmodifiable parameters
Nonprinting characters
    processing of
    using
Nonvirtual DIM statement
NOREWIND clause #1
NOREWIND clause #2
NOSPAN clause
NOT operator
    evaluation of
Notation
    E #1
    E #2
    E #3
    E #4
    E #5
    explicit literal
    exponential #1
    exponential #2
NUL$
NUM function
NUM$ function
NUM function
    after MAT INPUT statement
    after MAT LINPUT statement
    after MAT READ statement
NUM1$ function
NUM2 function
    after MAT INPUT statement
    after MAT LINPUT statement
    after MAT READ statement
Number sign (#)
    in PRINT USING statement
Numbers
    random #1
    random #2
    sign of
Numbers in E notation
Numeric constants
Numeric conversion
Numeric expressions
    format of
    promotion rules
    result data types
    results for DECIMAL data
    results for GFLOAT and HFLOAT
Numeric functions
    ABS function
    ABS% function
    DECIMAL function
    FIX function
    INT function
    LOG function
    LOG10 function
    MAG function
    RND function
    SGN function
    SQR function
    SWAP% function
Numeric literal notation
Numeric operator precedence
Numeric precision
    with PRINT statement
    with PRINT USING statement
Numeric relational expressions
    evaluation of
    operators #1
    operators #2
Numeric string functions
    CHR$ function
    COMP% function
    DECIMAL function
    DIF$ function
    FORMAT$ function
    INTEGER function
    NUM$ function
    NUM1$ function
    PLACE$ function
    PROD$ function
    QUO$ function
    REAL function
    STR$ function
    SUM$ function
    VAL function
    VAL% function
Numeric strings
    comparing
    precision #1
    precision #2
    precision #3
    precision #4
    precision #5
    rounding #1
    rounding #2
    rounding #3
    rounding and truncation values
    truncating #1
    truncating #2
    truncating #3


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