QBasic 1.1: ENVIRON$ Function

Explanation

ENVIRON$ returns a DOS environment string. ENVIRON changes or adds an environment string in the DOS environment table.

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ENVIRON$ (env-variable$)

ENVIRON$ (n%)

ENVIRON stringexpression$

env-variable$	The name of a DOS environment variable.
n%	Specifies that ENVIRON$ returns the nth string from the environment string table.
stringexpression$	The name and setting of a DOS environment variable (such as PATH or PROMPT) in one of the following forms: env-variable$=env-string$ env-variable$ env-string$
Changes made by the ENVIRON statement are erased when the program ends.


ENVIRON "PATH=TEST"
PRINT ENVIRON$("PATH")