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? (Shortcut for 'PRINT')
? # (Shortcut for 'PRINT #')
? USING (Shortcut for 'PRINT USING')

ABS
ABSTRACT (member)
ACCESS
ACOS
ADD (Graphics PUT)
ALIAS (Name)
ALIAS (Modifier)
ALLOCATE
ALPHA (Graphics PUT)
AND
ANDALSO
AND (GRAPHICS PUT)
ANY
APPEND
ARRAYLEN
ARRAYSIZE
AS
ASC
ASIN
ASM
ASSERT
ASSERTWARN
ATAN2
ATN

BASE (initialization)
BASE (member access)
BEEP
BIN
BINARY
BIT
BITRESET
BITSET
BLOAD
BOOLEAN
BSAVE
BYREF (parameters)
BYREF (function results)
BYREF (variables)
BYTE
BYVAL

CALL
CALLOCATE
CASE
CAST
CBOOL
CBYTE
CDBL
CDECL
CHAIN
CHDIR
CHR
CINT
CIRCLE
CLASS
CLEAR
CLNG
CLNGINT
CLOSE
CLS
COLOR
COMMAND
COMMON
CONDBROADCAST
CONDCREATE
CONDDESTROY
CONDSIGNAL
CONDWAIT
CONST
CONST (Member)
CONST (Qualifier)
CONSTRUCTOR
CONSTRUCTOR (Module)
CONTINUE
COS
CPTR
CSHORT
CSIGN
CSNG
CSRLIN
CUBYTE
CUINT
CULNG
CULNGINT
CUNSG
CURDIR
CUSHORT
CUSTOM (Graphics PUT)
CVA_ARG
CVA_COPY
CVA_END
CVA_LIST
CVA_START
CVD
CVI
CVL
CVLONGINT
CVS
CVSHORT

DATA
DATE
DATEADD
DATEDIFF
DATEPART
DATESERIAL
DATEVALUE
DAY
DEALLOCATE
DECLARE
DEFBYTE
DEFDBL
DEFINED
DEFINT
DEFLNG
DEFLONGINT
DEFSHORT
DEFSNG
DEFSTR
DEFUBYTE
DEFUINT
DEFULONGINT
DEFUSHORT
DELETE (Statement)
DESTRUCTOR
DESTRUCTOR (Module)
DIM
DIR
DO
DO...LOOP
DOUBLE
DRAW
DRAW STRING
DYLIBFREE
DYLIBLOAD
DYLIBSYMBOL

ELSE
ELSEIF
ENCODING
END (Block)
END (Statement)
END IF
ENUM
ENVIRON statement
ENVIRON
EOF
EQV
ERASE
ERFN
ERL
ERMN
ERR
ERROR
EVENT (message data from ScreenEvent)
EXEC
EXEPATH
EXIT
EXP
EXPORT
EXTENDS
EXTENDS WSTRING
EXTENDS ZSTRING
EXTERN
EXTERN...END EXTERN

FALSE
FASTCALL
FB_MEMCOPY
FB_MEMCOPYCLEAR
FB_MEMMOVE
FBARRAY (array descriptor structure and access)
FIELD
FILEATTR
FILECOPY
FILEDATETIME
FILEEXISTS
FILEFLUSH
FILELEN
FILESETEOF
FIX
FLIP
FOR
FOR...NEXT
FORMAT
FRAC
FRE
FREEFILE
FUNCTION
FUNCTION (Member)
FUNCTION (Pointer)

GET (Graphics)
GET # (File I/O)
GETJOYSTICK
GETKEY
GETMOUSE
GOSUB
GOTO

HEX
HIBYTE
HIWORD
HOUR

IF...THEN
IIF
IMAGECONVERTROW
IMAGECREATE
IMAGEDESTROY
IMAGEINFO
IMP
IMPLEMENTS
IMPORT
INKEY
INP
INPUT (Statement)
INPUT (File I/O)
INPUT #
INPUT()
INSTR
INSTRREV
INT
INTEGER
IS (SELECT CASE)
IS (Run-time type information operator)
ISDATE
ISREDIRECTED

KILL

LBOUND
LCASE
LEFT
LEN
LET
LIB
LINE
LINE INPUT
LINE INPUT #
LOBYTE
LOC
LOCAL
LOCATE
LOCK
LOF
LOG
LONG
LONGINT
LOOP
LOWORD
LPOS
LPRINT
LSET
LTRIM

MID (Statement)
MID (Function)
MINUTE
MKD
MKDIR
MKI
MKL
MKLONGINT
MKS
MKSHORT
MOD
MONTH
MONTHNAME
MULTIKEY
MUTEXCREATE
MUTEXDESTROY
MUTEXLOCK
MUTEXUNLOCK

NAKED
NAME
NAMESPACE
NEW (Expression)
NEW (Placement)
NEXT
NEXT (RESUME)
NOT
NOW

OBJECT
OCT
OFFSETOF
ON ERROR
ON...GOSUB
ON...GOTO
ONCE
OPEN
OPEN COM
OPEN CONS
OPEN ERR
OPEN LPT
OPEN PIPE
OPEN SCRN
OPERATOR
OPTION()
OPTION BASE
OPTION BYVAL
OPTION DYNAMIC
OPTION ESCAPE
OPTION EXPLICIT
OPTION GOSUB
OPTION NOGOSUB
OPTION NOKEYWORD
OPTION PRIVATE
OPTION STATIC
OR
OR (GRAPHICS PUT)
ORELSE
OUT
OUTPUT
OVERLOAD
OVERRIDE

PAINT
PALETTE
PASCAL
PCOPY
PEEK
PMAP
POINT
POINTCOORD
POINTER
POKE
POS
PRESERVE
PRESET
PRINT
PRINT #
PRINT USING
PRIVATE
PRIVATE: (Access Control)
PROCPTR
PROPERTY
PROTECTED: (Access Control)
PSET (Statement)
PSET (Graphics PUT)
PTR (Shortcut for 'POINTER')
PUBLIC
PUBLIC: (Access Control)
PUT (Graphics)
PUT # (File I/O)

RANDOM
RANDOMIZE
READ
READ (File Access)
READ WRITE (File Access)
REALLOCATE
REDIM
REM
RESET
RESTORE
RESUME
RESUME NEXT
RETURN (from procedure)
RETURN (from Gosub)
RGB
RGBA
RIGHT
RMDIR
RND
RSET
RTRIM
RUN

SADD
SCOPE
SCREEN (Graphics)
SCREEN (Console)
SCREENCOPY
SCREENCONTROL
SCREENEVENT
SCREENGLPROC
SCREENINFO
SCREENLIST
SCREENLOCK
SCREENPTR
SCREENRES
SCREENSET
SCREENSYNC
SCREENUNLOCK
SECOND
SEEK (Statement)
SEEK (Function)
SELECT CASE
SETDATE
SETENVIRON
SETMOUSE
SETTIME
SGN
SHARED
SHELL
SHL
SHORT
SHR
SIN
SINGLE
SIZEOF
SLEEP
SPACE
SPC
SQR
STATIC
STATIC (Member)
STDCALL
STEP
STICK
STOP
STR
STRIG
STRING (Function)
STRING
STRPTR
SUB
SUB (Member)
SUB (Pointer)
SWAP
SYSTEM

TAB
TAN
THEN
THIS
THISCALL
THREADCALL
THREADCREATE
THREADDETACH
THREADSELF
THREADWAIT
TIME
TIMER
TIMESERIAL
TIMEVALUE
TO
TRANS (Graphics PUT)
TRIM
TRUE
TYPE (Alias)
TYPE (Temporary)
TYPE (UDT)
TYPEOF

UBOUND
UBYTE
UCASE
UINTEGER
ULONG
ULONGINT
UNION
UNLOCK
UNSIGNED
UNTIL
USHORT
USING (PRINT)
USING (Namespaces)

VA_ARG
VA_FIRST
VA_NEXT
VAL
VALLNG
VALINT
VALUINT
VALULNG
VAR
VARPTR
VIEW PRINT
VIEW (Graphics)
VIRTUAL (member)

WAIT
WBIN
WCHR
WEEKDAY
WEEKDAYNAME
WEND
WHILE
WHILE...WEND
WHEX
WIDTH
WINDOW
WINDOWTITLE
WINPUT
WITH
WOCT
WRITE
WRITE #
WRITE (File Access)
WSPACE
WSTR
WSTRING (Data Type)
WSTRING (Function)

XOR
XOR (GRAPHICS PUT)

YEAR

ZSTRING

Variable Declarations
User Defined Types
Standard Data Types
Standard Data Type Limits
Converting Between Data Types

Operator =[>] (Assignment)
Operator &= (Concatenate and Assign)
Operator += (Add and Assign)
Operator -= (Subtract and Assign)
Operator *= (Multiply and Assign)
Operator /= (Divide and Assign)
Operator \= (Integer Divide and Assign)
Operator ^= (Exponentiate and Assign)
Operator Let (Assignment)
Operator Let() (Assignment)
Operator Mod= (Modulus and Assign)
Operator And= (Conjunction and Assign)
Operator Eqv= (Equivalence and Assign)
Operator Imp= (Implication and Assign)
Operator Or= (Inclusive Disjunction and Assign)
Operator Xor= (Exclusive Disjunction and Assign)
Operator Shl= (Shift Left and Assign)
Operator Shr= (Shift Right and Assign)

Operator + (Add)
Operator - (Subtract)
Operator * (Multiply)
Operator / (Divide)
Operator \ (Integer divide)
Operator ^ (Exponentiate)
Operator Mod (Modulus)
Operator - (Negate)
Operator Shl (Shift left)
Operator Shr (Shift right)

Operator = (Equal)
Operator <> (Not equal)
Operator < (Less than)
Operator <= (Less than or equal)
Operator >= (Greater than or equal)
Operator > (Greater than)
Operator Is (Run-time type information)

Operator And (Conjunction)
Operator Eqv (Equivalence)
Operator Imp (Implication)
Operator Not (Complement)
Operator Or (Inclusive Disjunction)
Operator Xor (Exclusive Disjunction)

Operator AndAlso (Short Circuit Conjunction)
Operator OrElse (Short Circuit Inclusive Disjunction)

Operator () (Array index)
Operator [] (String index)
Operator [] (Pointer index)

Operator + (String concatenation)
Operator & (String concatenation with conversion)
Operator Strptr (String pointer)

Operator # (Stringize)
Operator ## (Concatenation)
Operator ! (Escaped String Literal)
Operator $ (Non-Escaped String Literal)

Operator Varptr (Variable pointer)
Operator Strptr (String pointer)
Operator Procptr (Procedure pointer and vtable index)
Operator @ (Address of)
Operator * (Value of)

Operator . (Member access)
Operator -> (Pointer to member access)
Operator Is (Run-time type information)

Operator New Expression
Operator New Overload
Operator Placement New
Operator Delete Statement
Operator Delete Overload

Operator For
Operator Step
Operator Next
Operator Precedence
Bitwise Operators & Truth Tables

Control Flow
Procedures
Modularizing

Preprocessor
Escape Sequences In String Literals
Meta-statements
Intrinsic Defines
Error Handling
Inline ASM

Hello World
FreeBASIC Primer #1

Source Files (.bas)
Header Files (.bi)
Using Prebuilt Libraries
Manage Reusable Procedures by Including Source vs Compiled Modules

Comments
Identifier Rules
Literals
Labels
Line Continuation
Line Separator

Constants and Enumerations
Numeric Types
Strings (string, zstring, and wstring)
Coercion and Conversion
Constants
Variables

Arrays

Pointers

References

Implicit Declarations
Initialization
Storage Classes
Variable Scope
Simple Variable Lifetime vs Scope
Dynamic Object and Data Lifetime
Namespaces
Variable and Procedure Linkage

Overview
Type Aliases
Temporary Types
Type (UDT/Alias/Temporary) and Union
Constructors and Destructors (basics)
Member Procedures
Properties
Variable-length member data
Member Access Rights and Encapsulation
Operator Overloading
Iterators
New and Delete
Types as Objects
Composition, Aggregation, Inheritance
Inheritance Polymorphism
Constructors, '=' Assignment-Operators, and Destructors (advanced, part #1)
Constructors, '=' Assignment-Operators, and Destructors (advanced, part #2)

Differences between Expressions and Statements
Constant Expressions
Assignments
Operator Precedence
Control Flow Statements

Procedures Overview
Passing Arguments to Procedures
Returning a Value
Procedure Scopes
Calling Conventions
Recursion
Callback
Constructors and Destructors
Pointers to Procedures
Variadic Arguments

FreeBASIC GfxLib overview
Graphics Mode Refresh and Anti-Flickering
Internal Graphics Formats
External Graphics File Formats
Lite regulation function to be integrated into user loop for FPS control
Fine-grain procedure for waiting and in-loop procedure for fine-regulating FPS

Overview
Threads
Mutual Exclusion
Conditional Variables
Critical Sections
Critical Sections FAQ

Executables
Static Libraries
Shared Libraries (DLLs)
Profiling with fb's profiler
Profiling for gmon/gprof

Overview
Conditional Compilation
Macros

ASCII
Date Serials
Radians
Error Handling
Event Handling
Intrinsic Defines
Identifier Look-ups in namespaces and types

Inline ASM
C Standard Library Functions
File I/O with FreeBASIC
Dynamic memory management with FreeBASIC
Replace Recursion with Iteration
OBJECT built-in and RTTI info
Embed and Access binary Data in Executable
Use Implicit / Overload New([]) and Delete([]) Operators with Inheritance Polymorphism
Emulate a TLS (Thread Local Storage) and a TP (Thread Pooling) feature

CGUI
Curses
GTK+
IUP
wxC
Windows API
X11

Allegro
DUGL
caca
Cairo
DISLIN
freeglut
FreeImage
Freetype2
GD
GIFLIB
GLUT
GLFW
GRX
IL (DevIL)
japi
jpeglib
JPGalleg
libpng
OpenGL
PDFlib
SDL
TinyPTC

BASS
BASSMOD
Flite
FMOD
MediaInfo
mpg123
Ogg
OpenAL
PortAudio
sfx
sndfile
VLC
Vorbis

GDBM
MySQL
PostgreSQL
SQLite

CUnit
GDSL
gettext (includes libintl)
GNU ASpell
libbfd

JNI
json-c
libffi
libjit
Lua
SpiderMonkey

cryptlib
UUID

big_int
Chipmunk
GMP
GSL
Newton
ODE

cgi-util
curl
FastCGI
ZeroMQ

Expat
libxml
libxslt
Mini-XML

PCRE
TRE

bzip2
libzip
liblzma
LZO
QuickLZ
zlib

C Runtime Library
DOS API
disphelper
GLib
Windows API
X11

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