The Microsoft Basic character set includes alphabetic characters (A-Z, a-z),
 numeric characters (0-9 and A-F or a-f for hexadecimal numbers), and
 special characters. Some characters have special meanings in Basic:
 




Data-Type Suffixes




      !  Single-precision                 %  Integer                      
      #  Double-precision                 &  Long-integer                 
      $  String                                                           






Mathematical Operators



Special



      *  Multiplication symbol            '  Comment line (single quote)  
      -  Minus sign                       ;  Controls PRINT and INPUT     
      /  Division symbol (slash)               statement output           
      =  Relational operator or           ,  Controls PRINT and INPUT     
           assignment symbol                   statement output           
      >  Greater than                     :  Separates multiple state-    
      +  Plus sign                             ments on a single line     
      .  Decimal point                    ?  INPUT statement prompt       
      <  Less than                        _  Line continuation underscore 
      \  Integer division symbol               (reserved for              
           (backslash)                         compatibility with other   
      ^  Exponentiation symbol                 versions of Basic but not  
           (up arrow or caret)                 supported by QBasic)