1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3d33d0967SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 410be1ba9Smseidel * 5d33d0967SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6d33d0967SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7d33d0967SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8d33d0967SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9d33d0967SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10d33d0967SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11d33d0967SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 1210be1ba9Smseidel * 13d33d0967SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 1410be1ba9Smseidel * 15d33d0967SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16d33d0967SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17d33d0967SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18d33d0967SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19d33d0967SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20d33d0967SAndrew Rist * under the License. 2110be1ba9Smseidel * 22d33d0967SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 23d33d0967SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03090407xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rem Statement [Runtime]</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03090407.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="rem"> 33*1832f669Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154347"> 34*1832f669Smseidel<bookmark_value>Rem statement</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>comments;Rem statement</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153525" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Specifies that a program line is a comment.</paragraph> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154141" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Rem Text</paragraph> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Text:</emph> Any text that serves as a comment.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150012" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Example:</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152939" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Sub ExampleMid</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">DIM sVar As String</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sVar = "Las Vegas"</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Print Mid(sVar,3,5) REM Returns "s Veg"</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153140" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">REM Nothing occurs here</paragraph> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152596" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">end sub</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 56