Parenthesis - mkilgore/QB64pe GitHub Wiki

Parenthesis are used to enclose SUB and FUNCTION parameters or to set the operation order in Mathematical Operations.

Usage: COLOR 14: PRINT TAB(30); "Hello World"

                              <span style="color:yellow;">Hello World</span>

• SUB parameters MUST be enclosed in parenthesis when the CALL statement is used. Do not use parenthesis without CALL.
• Parenthesis can be used in calculations to determine the order in which math operations are performed when the normal order would not work correctly. Normal operation order is: 1) exponential, 2) multiplication or division 3) addition or subtraction.
• Parenthesis can also denote the array index or the dimension size(s) in a DIM statement.
• Instead of BYVAL, use extra parenthesis around sub-procedure call parameters to pass them by value instead of by reference.
• Extra pairs of brackets have no effect on the code! If one is missing the IDE should tell you.

PRINT nmb$ '' ''

See also:

• DIM, DECLARE
• SUB, FUNCTION
• Arrays