====== DEL ======
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Removes lines from a program stored in memory

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**Implemented by:** [[:basics:a2int:]], [[:basics:Atari:ataplus]], [[:basics:msatari:]], [[:basics:trscolor:colorext]]

**With variations:** [[:basics:Atari:atxl]] (statement)

**Also written as: ** 

===== Usage =====
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Easily understood as a contraction, DEL has been often implemented for a different purpose than that of [[DELETE]]. 

In [[:basics:trscolor:colorext|Tandy CoCo II BASIC]], at least, DEL is an edition command for erasing program lines.



==== Variations ====

In [[:basics:Atari:atxl|Atari BASIC XL]], DEL is a //statement//, used within a program for erasing its own lines! It can remove a single line or a range, if given a second parameter separated by a comma:

  250 DEL 1000,2000

In the example above, the deleted range //includes// line 2000.




===== Examples =====
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  <code gwbasic>
  10 PRINT "HELLO"
  </code>
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===== Comments =====
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===== References =====
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  * https://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/BASIC:BASIC , last check 2024-04-02
  * //A Reference Manual for BASIC XL//. Optimized Systems Software. San Jose, USA, 1980.

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