Rem Statement

Description

Used to include explanatory remarks in a program.

Syntax 1

Rem comment

Syntax 2

' comment

The argument comment is the text of any comment you want to include. After the Rem keyword, a space before comment is required.

Remarks

If you use line numbers or line labels, you can branch from a GoTo or GoSub statement to a line containing a Rem statement. Execution continues with the first executable statement following the Rem statement.

As shown in syntax 2, you can use a single quotation mark or apostrophe (') instead of the Rem keyword. If the Rem keyword follows other statements on a line, it must be separated from the statements by a colon. However, when you use a single quotation mark, the colon is not required after other statements.

Example

This example illustrates the various forms of the Rem statement, which is used to include explanatory remarks in a program.

Rem This is the first form of the syntax.
' This is the second form of the syntax.
MyStr1 = "Hello" : Rem Comment after a statement separated by a colon.
MyStr2 = "Goodbye"     ' This is also a comment.