Statements
Updated: July 10, 2012

A statement is a source code entry using the HotBasic instruction set.

Many HotBasic keywords are listed in the Contents. A complete list may
be found in the *.lst files in your \inc sub-directory.

A source code line is a logical line consisting of all source file lines
concatenated where the trailing character is "_".  Source line length
is not limited.

A source line may contain any number of statements separated by ":".
An exception is a code block defining a TYPE or OBJECT where one statement
per source code line is used.

  form.width = 200: form.height = 300

Comments are added with the single quote character:

  'this is a comment
  x = y * z  'x is the product

If a line begins with "REM " (case-insensitive), it is also a comment:

  rem this is a comment

In HotBasic statements, there should be no space before ":", "," or ";".

  i = j: x = cos(y)
  CALL MySub(arg1, arg2, arg3)
  PRINT "Value 1 = "; x

This practice is similar to that in most language style manuals.

Notice above that if () are used in SUB/FUNCTION calls, "(" and ")" also
should not be preceded by a space.


Copyright 2005 James J Keene PhD
Original Publication: Apr 9, 2005