READ KEY

Returns one or more softkey macro definitions.

READ KEY key-number, string-variable$ [(subscripts)] [sub-string]

READ KEY key-number, string-array$(*)

Usage:

READ KEY 2,Keytwo$

READ KEY First_key,Several_keys$(*)

Example: READ KEY.BAS

Description:

Softkey macros defined with EDIT, LOAD or SET KEY can be read with this statement. The key-number is a numeric expression which is rounded to an integer and should be in the range zero through twenty-three. If a simple string or array element is specified, then only one key is returned. If a string array is specified, then successive keys, starting with the key-number specified, are returned into the elements of the string array.