FreeBASIC Manual

- - -

- (Negate)

- (Subtract)

- ! -

! (Escaped String Literal)

! Escaped String Literal

- # -

# (Argument Stringize)

# Preprocessor Stringize

## (Argument Concatenation)

## Preprocessor Concatenate

- $ -

$ (Non-Escaped String Literal)

$ Non-Escaped String Literal

- ' -

- $ -

- ' -

- $ -

- ' -

- $ -

- ' -

- & -

& (String Concatenation With Conversion)

&= (Concatenate And Assign)

&B, &O (See Literals)

&H, &B, &O (See Literals)

- ( -

() (Array Index)

- * -

* (Multiply)

* (Value Of)

*= (Multiply And Assign)

- . -

- / -

/= (Divide And Assign)

- ? -

? # (Shortcut For 'Print #')

? (Shortcut For 'Print')

? Using (Shortcut For 'Print Using')

- @ -

- [ -

- \ -

\= (Integer Divide And Assign)

- ^ -

^ (Exponentiate)

^= (Exponentiate And Assign)

- _ -

__DATE__

	__DATE__
	__DATE_ISO__

__DATE_ISO__

	__DATE__
	__DATE_ISO__

__FB_BUILD_DATE_ISO__

__FB_OPTION_DYNAMIC__

__FB_OPTION_ESCAPE__

__FB_OPTION_EXPLICIT__

__FB_OPTION_GOSUB__

__FB_OPTION_PRIVATE__

- + -

+ (String Concatenation)

+= (Add And Assign)

- < -

< (Less Than)

<= (Less Than Or Equal)

<> (Not Equal)

- = -

= (Equal)

- - -

-= (Subtract And Assign)

- = -

=[>] (Assignment)

- > -

> (Greater Than)

- - -

-> (Pointer To Member Access)

- > -

>= (Greater Than Or Equal)

- 2 -

- A -

	Operator And (Conjunction)
	And

And (Conjunction)

And (Graphics Put)

And=

And= (Conjunction And Assign)

AndAlso

Andalso (Short Circuit Conjunction)

Array[Const]Descriptorptr

ASCII Character Codes

- B -

Base (Initialization)

Bitwise Operators & Truth Tables

BLoad

Boolean

BSave

-buildprefix < name >

ByRef

Byref (Function Results)

- C -

	Compiler Option: -c
	Compiler Option: -C

C Runtime Library

C Standard Library Functions

C/C++ vs. FreeBASIC integer data type comparison

C/C++ vs. FreeBASIC syntax comparison

Coercion and Conversion

Community Code Library

Community Tutorials

Compiler Error Messages

Compiler FAQ

Composition

Aggregation, Inheritance

Composition, Aggregation, Inheritance

CondBroadcast

CondCreate

CondDestroy

Conditional Compilation

Conditional operators

Conditional Variables

	Const
	Const (Qualifier)

Constants and Enumerations

Constructor

Constructor (Module)

Constructors

'=' Assignment-Operators, and Destructors (advanced, part #1)

'=' Assignment-Operators, and Destructors (advanced, part #2)

Constructors and Destructors

Constructors and Destructors (basics)

Constructors, '=' Assignment-Operators, and Destructors (advanced, part #1)

Constructors, '=' Assignment-Operators, and Destructors (advanced, part #2)

Control Flow Statements

Converting Between Data Types

Cos

CPtr

Critical Sections

Critical Sections FAQ

Custom (Graphics Put)

- D -

Date and Time Functions

Debugging with FreeBASIC

Developer's Table of Contents

Differences between Expressions and Statements

Dynamic memory management with FreeBASIC

Dynamic Object and Data Lifetime

- E -

Embed and Access binary Data in Executable

Emulate a TLS (Thread Local Storage) and a TP (Thread Pooling) feature

Eqv= (Equivalence And Assign)

Error Handling Functions

Escape Sequences In String Literals

-eunwind

Event

Event (Message Data From Screenevent)

External Graphics File Formats

External Libraries Index

- F -

Fbarray (Array Descriptor Structure And Access)

Field

File I/O with FreeBASIC

	For
	Operator For (Iteration)

FreeBASIC GfxLib overview

From Pointers to References

Function

	Function
	Function (Member)

- G -

gettext (includes libintl)

Getting Help with FreeBASIC

Graphics Mode Refresh and Anti-Flickering

- H -

- I -

Identifier Look-ups in namespaces and types

Imp= (Implication And Assign)

Implements

Implicit Declarations

Import

-include < name >

Indexing operators

Inheritance Polymorphism

Installing gcc for -gen gcc

Internal Graphics Formats

Intrinsic Defines

Is (Run-Time Type Information Operator)

- J -

- K -

Keywords - Alphabetical

Keywords - Functional

- L -

- M -

Manage Reusable Procedures by Including Source vs Compiled Modules

-map < name >

Mathematical Functions

-maxerr < val >

MediaInfo

Member Access Rights and Encapsulation

Miscellaneous Keywords

Mod= (Modulus And Assign)

- N -

	Next
	Operator Next (Iteration)

- O -

OBJECT built-in and RTTI info

Operating System Functions

Operator

Operator - (Negate)

Operator - (Subtract)

Operator ! (Escaped String Literal)

Operator # (Stringize)

Operator ## (Concatenation)

Operator $ (Non-Escaped String Literal)

Operator & (String Concatenation With Conversion)

Operator &= (Concatenate And Assign)

Operator () (Array Index)

Operator * (Multiply)

Operator * (Value Of)

Operator *= (Multiply And Assign)

Operator . (Member Access)

Operator / (Divide)

Operator /= (Divide And Assign)

Operator @ (Address Of)

Operator [] (Pointer Index)

Operator [] (String Index)

Operator \ (Integer Divide)

Operator \= (Integer Divide And Assign)

Operator ^ (Exponentiate)

Operator ^= (Exponentiate And Assign)

Operator +

Operator + (Add)

Operator + (String Concatenation)

Operator += (Add And Assign)

Operator < (Less Than)

Operator <= (Less Than Or Equal)

Operator <> (Not Equal)

Operator = (Assignment)

Operator = (Equal)

Operator -= (Subtract And Assign)

Operator =[>] (Assignment)

Operator > (Greater Than)

Operator -> (Pointer To Member Access)

Operator >= (Greater Than Or Equal)

Operator And (Conjunction)

Operator And= (Conjunction And Assign)

Operator Andalso (Short Circuit Conjunction)

Operator Delete Overload

Operator Delete Statement

Operator Eqv (Equivalence)

Operator Eqv= (Equivalence And Assign)

Operator For

Operator Imp (Implication)

Operator Imp= (Implication And Assign)

Operator Is (Run-Time Type Information)

Operator Let (Assignment)

Operator Let() (Assignment)

Operator List

	Operator List
	Operators

Operator Mod (Modulus)

Operator Mod= (Modulus And Assign)

Operator New Expression

Operator New Overload

Operator Next

Operator Not (Complement)

Operator Or (Inclusive Disjunction)

Operator Or= (Inclusive Disjunction And Assign)

Operator Orelse (Short Circuit Inclusive Disjunction)

Operator Overloading

Operator Overview

Operator Placement New

Operator Precedence

Operator Procptr (Procedure Pointer And Vtable Index)

Operator Shl (Shift Left)

Operator Shl= (Shift Left And Assign)

Operator Shr (Shift Right)

Operator Shr= (Shift Right And Assign)

Operator Step

Operator Strptr

Operator Strptr (String Pointer)

Operator Varptr (Variable Pointer)

Operator Xor (Exclusive Disjunction)

Operator Xor= (Exclusive Disjunction And Assign)

	Operator Or (Inclusive Disjunction)
	Or

Or (Graphics Put)

Or (Inclusive Disjunction)

Or=

Or= (Inclusive Disjunction And Assign)

OrElse

Orelse (Short Circuit Inclusive Disjunction)

	Arrays
	Pointers
	User Defined Types
	Multi-Threading
	Preprocessor

- P -

Passing Arguments to Procedures

Passing Arrays to Procedures

Pointers to Procedures

Preprocessor operators

Private: (Access Control)

Procptr (Procedure Pointer And Vtable Index)

Protected: (Access Control)

PSet

	PSet
	PSet

Pset (Graphics Put)

Pset (Statement)

Ptr

Ptr (Shortcut For 'Pointer')

Public

Public (Member)

Public: (Access Control)

- Q -

- R -

	Compiler Option: -r
	Compiler Option: -R

Read Write (File Access)

Read Write(File Access)

Replace Recursion with Iteration

Return (From Procedure)

	Compiler Option: -rr
	Compiler Option: -RR

- S -

Shared Libraries (DLLs)

Shl= (Shift Left And Assign)

Short

Short circuit operators

Shr= (Shift Right And Assign)

Simple Variable Lifetime vs Scope

Standard Data Type Limits

	Step
	Operator Step (Iteration)

Strings (string

zstring, and wstring)

Strings (string, zstring, and wstring)

-strip

StrPtr

Strptr (String Pointer)

Sub

	Sub
	Sub (Member)

Sub (Member)

Sub (Pointer)

Sub Pointer

Supported graphics drivers (backends)

- T -

Threading Support Functions

Type (UDT/Alias/Temporary) and Union

Type Alias

Type Aliases

Type or Class operators

- U -

Use Implicit / Overload New([]) and Delete([]) Operators with Inheritance Polymorphism

User Defined Types

User Input Functions

	User Input (Runtime Library)
	User Input Functions (Graphics Library)

UShort

Using (Namespaces)

Using (Print)

Using Prebuilt Libraries

Using References

Using the Command Line

- V -

Variable and Procedure Linkage

Variable Declarations

Variable Scope

Variable types and limits

Variable-length Arrays

Variable-length member data

Variables

Variadic Arguments

VarPtr

Varptr (Variable Pointer)

- W -

- X -

	Operator Xor (Exclusive Disjunction)
	Xor

Xor (Exclusive Disjunction)

Xor (Graphics Put)

Xor=

Xor= (Exclusive Disjunction And Assign)

- Y -

- Z -