QBasic 1.1: AS Keyword

Explanation

Performs different actions as part of several statements.

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Specifies a variable type when used in the COMMON, DECLARE, DEF FN, DIM, FUNCTION, REDIM, SHARED, STATIC, and SUB statements.

Specifies an element type in a user-defined data type when used in the TYPE statement.

Assigns a file number to a file or device when used in the OPEN statement.

Specifies a field name when used in the FIELD statement.

Specifies a new file name when used in the NAME statement.