REM Statement
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 Action

 Allows explanatory remarks to be inserted in a program.


 Syntax 1

  REM  remark

 Syntax 2

 '  remark



 Remarks

  REM statements are not compiled, but they appear exactly as entered when
 the program is listed. You can branch from a  GOTO or  GOSUB statement to a
 REM statement. Execution continues with the first executable statement after
 the  REM statement.

 A single quotation mark can be used instead of the  REM keyword. If the  REM
 keyword follows other statements on a line, it must be separated from the
 statements by a colon.

  REM statements also are used to introduce metacommands. For more
 information, see Chapter 2, "SUB and FUNCTION Procedures" in the
 Programmer's Guide.


 Note

 Do not use the single quotation form of the  REM statement in a  DATA
 statement because it will be considered valid data.


 Examples

 The following example shows two equivalent remark statements. Note that you
 must precede a REM statement at the end of a line with a colon.

 This is not a complete program.

 DIM Array(23)
 FOR I = 1 TO 23 . Array(I) = 1 . NEXT I . REM Initialize the array.
 FOR I = 1 TO 23 . Array(I) = 1 . NEXT I   ' Initialize the array.