base date or time, 211
BASED keyword, 59, 212
BASIC, 106
BEGSR, 9, 29, 30, 185, 189, 214
EXSR and, 275
free-format syntax for, 201
OTHER and, 321
SELECT and, 353–354
syntax diagram for, 195
binary operators, 104, 105
binding directories, compiler option and, 547
bit patterns, 215, 216–217
TESTB and, 372–373
%BITAND, 119, 129–130
%BITNOT, 119, 131–132
BITOFF, 185, 195, 215, 216–217
BITON, 185, 195, 215, 216–217
%BITOR, 119, 132–133
%BITXOR, 119, 134–135
blank Boolean operator, 200, 436
blank transparency, decimal data errors and, 560
*BLANK figurative constant, 25
blanks, as edit word control code, 93
*BLANKS figurative constant, 24, 25
BLOCK File specification keyword, 47
BNDDIR (Binding Directory), 39, 547
Boolean expressions, 106
Boolean operators, 200, 213, 225, 253, 255, 282, 320, 382, 436, 444
bound call (See CALLB)
bound modules vs. independent programs, 399–400
bound procedures/programs, CALLB and, 221–222
brackets ([]), optional values, 194
branching, 411, 427
compare and branch operations (CABxx), 218, 417–418, 444–445
built-in functions, 28, 115–180
arguments in, 117
colon separator for, 117
compile-time type, 117
duration type, 144
parentheses in, 117
runtime type, 117
specifications capable of using, 118, 119–121
syntax for, 117–118
BY keyword, 278–279
by reference parameter passing, 324, 454–455, 454
BY, in FOR loops, 435