Call, Clear – Rockwell Automation 1398-PDM-xxx IQ Master Version 3.2.4 for IA-2000 and IQ-5000 Positioning Drive Modules, IQ-55 User Manual

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Language Reference • Reference

Publication 1398-PM601A-EN-P — October 2000

WORDS

CALL

Call Subroutine

Program Structure

Purpose

Call a subroutine to be executed. After the subroutine is completed, execution returns
to the statement following the CALL statement.

Syntax

CALL subroutine

subroutine

The name of the subroutine. Subroutine names can be up to 32
alphanumeric characters long. Names cannot be keywords or
reserved words. They must begin with a letter and contain only
alphanumeric characters and underscores ( _ ).

Remarks

All variables have global scope. Therefore if they are changed by a subroutine the
main program and all other subroutines will see the change in the variable as well.

See Also

RETURN, SUB, JUMP

Example

CALL SUB1

CALL SETUP

CLEAR

Clear Operator Terminal

Operator Terminal

Purpose

Clear the Operator Terminal screen. If no row is specified the entire screen is cleared
and the cursor is moved to the upper left corner.

Syntax

CLEAR [row[, column, length]]

CLR [row[, column, length]]

row

If only a row is specified, that row on the Operator Terminal
screen is cleared, and the cursor is moved to the beginning of that
row.

column, length

The length is the number of characters to be cleared starting at the
row, column. In this case, the cursor ends up in the row and col-
umn position specified.

Remarks

See Also

PRINT, READ

Example

CLEAR

;Clear the whole Operator Terminal

CLEAR 2

;Clear row 2 on Operator Terminal

CLR 2, 3, 5

;Clear 5 characters starting at row 2, column 3

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