REM
===

Function
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**REM** denotes that the following text is a comment statement.

Syntax
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REM text

or

' text

Example
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::

   1000 REM THIS ROUTINE CLEARS THE DISPLAY
   1010 REM
   1020 PRINT CHR$(1);
   1030 RETURN

Remarks
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REM statements are ignored by the program. They can considerably improve
readability but only at the expense of extra memory. Unnumbered REM
statements can be used in host computer files which will be ignored when
down loaded.

The apostrophe may be used instead of 'REM', but has an extra
capability. When delimiting a comment after a Basic statement, the colon
is unnecessary.

::

   10 X=X+1' THIS TYPE OF COMMENT SAVES MEMORY SPACE

REM statements are also used as :doc:`help` source text.