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Syntax Summary
CLEAR (see User Guide Chapter 1)
Use CLEAR discards all variables.
Syntax CLEAR

CLEAR RESET (see Chapter 9)
Use
CLEAR RESET sets all windows to their initial state, and, in Direct Mode, discards
all variables.
Syntax CLEAR RESET

CLS (see Chapters 11 & 12)
Use
CLS clears a virtual screen.
Syntax
CLS [RESET)
or
CLS [#)sb’eam-number if,) RESET)
CONSOLIDATE (see Chapter 13)
Use
As soon as a keyed file is changed it is marked “inconsistent”. CONSOLIDATE
causes all outstanding information to be written to the file, and clears the “inconsistent marker.
Syntax CONSOLIDATE [#)stream-number

CONST (see Chapter 2)
Use CONST declares and sets named constants.
Syntax CONST simple—variable = expression [, simple—variable expression)...

CONT (see User Guide Chapter 4)
Use COST resumes program execution (if possible).
Syntax COST

COS (see Chapter 3)
Use
COS is a function which returns the cosine of its argument.
Syntax
COSlargument)
where
argumentis a numeric-eopression.
CURRENCY$ (see Chapter 11)
Use CURRENCYS is a function which returns the current ~currency string”. Syntax CURRENCYS
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