REAL

Reserves storage for floating point variables and arrays.

REAL variable [,variable...]

Usage:

REAL X,Buf(500) BUFFER

REAL Volts(-10:10,4)

Example: REAL.BAS

Description:

REAL declares, dimensions and reserves memory for floating point variables and arrays. REAL variables use eight bytes of storage space. An array's maximum dimension is six and each dimension can hold a maximum of 32,767 elements. If a lower bound is not specified, the default is the OPTION BASE value (0 or 1). A REAL variable may be declared a buffer by specifying BUFFER after the variable name. BUFFER variables are used with the TRANSFER statement.