COMMON Statement Programming Example COM1_EX.BAS and COM2_EX.BAS are two program files that illustrate the use of the COMMON statement. They are in the subdirectory ADVR_EX. To look at the program text in the View window and, optionally, to run the programs, load COM1_EX.BAS using the File menu Open Program command. Be sure COM2_EX.BAS is in the current working directory. The COMMON statement is used to pass variables between two chained programs. The first program reads in a series of numeric values, stores the values in an array, and then chains to the other program. The second program finds and prints the average of the values.