Engine BASIC Reference Manual

1. How to Use this Manual

KEYWORDS: Items in capital letters indicate BASIC keywords. Keywords are a required part of the statement syntax, unless they are enclosed in brackets. You must spell keywords correctly.
placeholders: Items in lowercase are placeholders for information you must supply in the statement, such as a filename.
[optional item]: Items inside square brackets do not need to be used in the statement.
<choice1|choice2>: Angle brackets and a vertical bar indicate a choice between two or more items. You must use one of the items in the statement unless the angle brackets are enclosed in square brackets, e.g. [<optional1|optional2>].
item, item, … means several of the preceding items can be used in a single-line statement.

Note	The uppercase and lowercase syntax notation conventions are used to help you read the syntax rules for a statement, and are not capitalization rules you must type in. Neither keywords nor variable and procedure names are case-sensitive.

Video memory refers to all random-access memory residing on the video controller chip.
Pixel memory refers to the parts of video memory that represent pixels, including the visible screen and the off-screen area that can be accessed by graphics commands and functions.
A range is a way to specify a set of numbers by giving a start and/or an end. The following forms are allowed:

num

A single number.

-num

All numbers up to and including num

num-

All numbers from num.

num1-num2

All numbers between num1 and num2, inclusive.

num	A single number.
-num	All numbers up to and including num
num-	All numbers from num.
num1-num2	All numbers between num1 and num2, inclusive.