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<bookmark_value>comments;Rem statement</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153525" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Specifies that a program line is a comment.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3150869" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Text:</emph> Any text that serves as a comment.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147318" role="tip" xml-lang="en-US">You can use the single quotation mark instead of the Rem keyword to indicate that the text on a line is comments. This symbol can be inserted directly to the right of the program code, followed by a comment.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id6187017" role="note" xml-lang="en-US">You can use a space followed by the underline character _ as the last two characters of a line to continue the logical line on the next line. To continue comment lines, you must enter "Option Compatible" in the same Basic module.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1340924080" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sVar = "Las Vegas"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340922848" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Print Mid(sVar,3,5) ' Returns "s Veg"</paragraph>
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