AUTO
Command used for automatic creation of line numbers while a program is being typed in
Implemented by: a2int, cbmv7, cbmv3.5, Simons1, msatari, level2, BBC, GWBASIC, MSX, bw32, ABasiC
With variations:
Also written as:
Usage
AUTO is typically found in the old-style BASIC interpreters where the same "immediate" interface was used for typing in numbered lines of statements to be stored in memory as a program. In its most usual form, just typing AUTO and the keyboard Enter or Return key will print a line number and a cursor in the following line of the screen.
Optional arguments are often available both for setting the initial line number and the increment for the following lines. In MSX BASIC, for example:
AUTO 100,10
will result in a sequence of lines like 100, 110, 120, 130 and so on, until the user presses the key combination CTRL+STOP. Just pressing Enter/Return after the number, as an empty line, might stop AUTO as well on some BASICs.