RESTORE

General Form:

Where:

numeric_expression = numeric expression >=0 and <=65535

The RESTORE statement is used to reset the pointer for READ and DATA statements to allow the repetitive use of the data contained in DATA statements. When a RESTORE statement is executed, the system resets the data pointer to the specified DATA value, causing the next READ statement to read from the specified value.

If RESTORE is used without any parameters, it resets the data pointer to the first value on the first DATA statement appearing in the program.

When the optional LINE clause is used, the data pointer is set to the first value of the specified line number. If a numeric expression follows the line number, the pointer is moved to the specified value on the line starting from one.

If the numeric expression is specified without a line number, the data pointer is set to the N'th data value in the program starting from one.

The data pointer is set to the first DATA value in the program upon execution of a RUN, or LOAD statement.

Syntax examples:

RESTORE
RESTORE 135
RESTORE LINE 4000
RESTORE LINE 5000, data_count