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35*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03090407xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
36*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rem Statement [Runtime]</title>
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40*cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
41*cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2006-02-02T13:24:56">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="rem">
46*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154347"><bookmark_value>Rem statement</bookmark_value>
47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>comments;Rem statement</bookmark_value>
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49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
50*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153525" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Specifies that a program line is a comment.</paragraph>
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52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
53*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154141" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Rem Text</paragraph>
54*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
56*cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Text:</emph> Any text that serves as a comment.</paragraph>
57*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
59*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150012" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Example:</paragraph>
60*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152939" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Sub ExampleMid</paragraph>
61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153142" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">DIM sVar As String</paragraph>
62*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">sVar = "Las Vegas"</paragraph>
63*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Print Mid(sVar,3,5) REM Returns "s Veg"</paragraph>
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