Xylem System 5000 BASIC Manual User Manual

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A parameter to the DATETIME function returning a two-digit number representation of the current

year, formatted as YY.

var = DATETIME(YEAR)

REM stores 9, inferring 2009

Basic Commands and Functions

Marks the beginning of a conditional WHILE-WEND loop. The condition is specified after the

WHILE keyword. As long as the condition evaluates to TRUE, the loop will continue to iterate.

Once the condition evaluates to FALSE, the loop will exit.

Presuming SiteID.csv contains:

Digital2,AC-In

1,256.25

OPEN “SiteID.csv” FOR READING AS #1

WHILE (!EOF(#1))

INPUT #1 “,”, var$

PRINT var$, “ “;

REM prints “Digital2 AC-In 1 256.25 “

WEND

CLOSE #1

WHILE

Returns the bitwise exclusive or (as a number) of the two numeric arguments.

var = XOR(6, 2)

PRINT “XOR: “, var REM prints “XOR: 4”

XOR (number, number)

YEAR