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Another Tinybasic
See also BASIC.
line ::= number statement CR | statement CR
statement ::= PRINT expr-list
IF expression relop expression THEN statement
GOTO expression
INPUT var-list
LET var = expression
GOSUB expression
RETURN
CLEAR
LIST
RUN
END
expr-list ::= (string|expression) (, (string|expression) )*
var-list ::= var (, var)*
expression ::= (+|-|ε) term ((+|-) term)*
term ::= factor ((*|/) factor)*
factor ::= var | number | (expression)
var ::= A | B | C ... | Y | Z
number ::= digit digit*
digit ::= 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 8 | 9
relop ::= < (>|=|ε) | > (<|=|ε) | =
string ::= " ( |!|#|$ ... -|.|/|digit|: ... @|A|B|C ... |X|Y|Z)* "
The following table gives a partial list of the 32 commands of the virtual machine in which the first Tiny BASIC interpreter was written.
TST lbl, string: If string matches the BASIC line, advance cursor over string and execute the next IL instruction; if the test fails, execute the IL instruction at the label lbl
CALL lbl: Execute the IL subroutine starting at lbl; save the IL address following the CALL on the control stack
DONE: Report a syntax error if after deleting leading blanks the cursor is not positioned to reach a carriage return
XFER: Test value at the top of the AE stack to be within range. If not, report an error. If so, attempt to position cursor at that line. If it exists, begin interpretation there; if not, report an error.
JUMP lbl: Continue execution of the IL at the label specified
RTN: Return to the IL location specified at the top of the control stack
PRS: Print characters from the BASIC text up to but not including the closing quotation mark
PRN: Print number obtained by popping the top of the expression stack
SPC: Insert spaces to move the print head to next zone
NLINE: Output a CRLF to the printer
Last modified 11 December 2024