1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsbasicshared03090407xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rem Statement [Runtime]</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03090407.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2006-02-02T13:24:56">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="rem"> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154347"><bookmark_value>Rem statement</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>comments;Rem statement</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090407.xhp" name="Rem Statement [Runtime]">Rem Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153525" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Specifies that a program line is a comment.</paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154141" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Rem Text</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<emph>Text:</emph> Any text that serves as a comment.</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3147318" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">You can use the single quotation mark instead of the Rem keyword to indicate that the text on a line is comments. This symbol can be inserted directly to the right of the program code, followed by a comment.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="note" id="par_id6187017" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can use a space followed by the underline character _ as the last two characters of a line to continue the logical line on the next line. To continue comment lines, you must enter "Option Compatible" in the same Basic module.</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150012" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Example:</paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152939" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Sub ExampleMid</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">DIM sVar As String</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sVar = "Las Vegas"</paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Print Mid(sVar,3,5) REM Returns "s Veg"</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153140" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">REM Nothing occurs here</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152596" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">end sub</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 62