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The $ is used to denote QBasic Metacommands or as a STRING variable type suffix.


Examples

$INCLUDE: 'QB.bi'
text$ = "Hello World!"


Description

  • $STATIC denotes that all arrays can only be dimensioned once using DIM.
  • $DYNAMIC denotes that all arrays can be redimensioned using REDIM ONLY.
  • $INCLUDE includes a BI file or QBasic Library in a program. The file name requires a comment before and after the name.
  • The string variable suffix MUST be used if the variable is not dimensioned in a DIM statement. The statement can also set a fixed string length.


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