Call

CALL procedurename[(argList)]

Description

CALL is an explicit method of executing a FUNCTION procedure or a SUB procedure. The required component, procedurename, is any procedure name. The optional component, argList, is a comma-delimited list of variables to pass to the called procedure. The CALL keyword is optional, procedures can be executed without the keyword, as

name[(argList)]

Example

REM CALL Example
'CALL explicitly executes a procedure
CALL Welcome
CALL Message("NS Basic/App Studio is excellent.")
Wave
FUNCTION Welcome
  PRINT "Hello World!"
END FUNCTION
FUNCTION Message(Text)
  PRINT "Message: " & Text
END FUNCTION
SUB Wave
  PRINT "Goodbye! "
END SUB

Output

Hello World!
Message: NS Basic/App Studio is excellent.
Goodbye!

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SUB, FUNCTION