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Extension symbols

Extension symbols highlighted by the extension.

Symbols

Symbol MCI Command Prof. Plum Extension
@ Yes print:print#5
Yes print;:print#5;
£ Yes No

Highlighting behavior

These symbols are highlighted when used outside print statements. Inside print statements, they are not highlighted.

@ "text"            rem Highlighted
 "text"            rem Highlighted
£ MCI Command       rem Highlighted

print "@←£"         rem Not highlighted inside string

C*Base extensions

@ and serve as Prof. Plum print shorthand in C*Base BBS context.

See BPP+ Preprocessor - C*Base extension symbols for complete documentation.

PETSCII conversion

(up arrow) is NOT a C*Base extension.

See PETSCII character conversion.


See also