====== OPTION ======
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Configuration keyword for a number of settings used by BASIC for interpreting a program. 

**Implemented by:** [[:basics:ANSI:ansimin]], [[:basics:ANSI:ansifull]], [[:basics:GWBASIC:]], [[:basics:bwbasic:]], [[:basics:bwbasic:bw32]], [[:basics:ABasiC:]], [[:basics:VBDOS:]], [[:basics:FreeBASIC:]]

**With variations:** [[:basics:TI994:]] (BASE), [[:basics:CBM:Simons1]], [[:basics:msatari:]], [[:basics:msqb:QBasic]] (with [[BASE]]), [[:basics:ugBASIC:]] (with EXPLICIT)

**Also written as: ** /* Alternative spellings and abbreviations this keyword has. No need to refer to a BASIC, there is a section for that later. */

===== Usage =====



==== Variations ====



===== Examples =====

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<code gwbasic>
10 PRINT "HELLO"
</code>

===== Comments =====
/* Origin of the keyword, opinions, history... */

===== Related keywords =====
/* Keywords that are often or always used along this one */

===== Similar keywords =====
/* Keywords with the same or similar functionality found in other versions of BASIC */

===== In other languages... =====
/* For parallels and comparisons with other modern-day languages */


===== References =====
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