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Re: Colons in AppleSoft

From	D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject	Re: Colons in AppleSoft
Date	2022-08-03 20:35 +0000
Organization	Mac GUI
Message-ID	<dog_cow-1659558921@macgui.com> (permalink)
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Jeff Blakeney wrote:
> On 2022-08-02 5:15 p.m., Tom Thumb wrote:
>> I was entering lines in AppleSoft from an Open Apple issue. Some lines
>> begin with colons such as:
>> 
>> 350 : GOSUB 1000
>> 440 :: GOSUB 1000
>> 
>> I know a colon separates statements on the same line but what are they
>> doing it the above statements? Adding empty statements? For what purpose?
> 
> It is possible they were just trying to indent the code to make it look 
> more like a structured listing to make it easier to find sections.
>

I agree. This is a technique that I've seen before in Applesoft listings.

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Colons in AppleSoft Tom Thumb <justliketomsthumbsblues@gmail.com> - 2022-08-02 14:15 -0700
  Re: Colons in AppleSoft Jeff Blakeney <CUTjeffrey_blakeney@yahoo.ca> - 2022-08-02 19:01 -0400
    Re: Colons in AppleSoft Tom Thumb <justliketomsthumbsblues@gmail.com> - 2022-08-02 16:13 -0700
      Re: Colons in AppleSoft qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2022-08-03 08:48 -0700
    Re: Colons in AppleSoft D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2022-08-03 20:35 +0000
      Re: Colons in AppleSoft Martin Doherty <martindoherty377@gmail.com> - 2022-09-28 12:45 -0700

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