CLEAR command

[TerryRitchie]

Yes, of course, is conceptually very very simple! And for sure is a viable option... but I have to point out that it is simple until you have X(I). But I have a lot of arrays about 2, 3 and even 4 dimensions each. In order to clear them all in that way, I should write a specific long subroutine to do that, that should be modified every time in which I change or add an array, instead to a simple CLEAR. Is would be like to use SPACE$ in order to CLS the screen.

However, I found that CLEAR works. So, I posted my second question (about REDIM before CLEAR) for curiosity. My main doubt was about the first question. However, I am quite astonished that CLEAR is considered so esoteric and forgotten. How a command intended to create the same situation that exists when a program is executed (clearing all variables and arrays) could be secondary?

The problem with CLEAR is that it was never designed to work with modern commands.

That was my point when I went through the history of CLEAR in one of my first responses.