command

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Command sequence

	This is a sequence of any the following command formats, where
	each command is terminated by a semicolon or newline.  Long command
	lines can be extended by using a back-slash followed by a newline
	character.  When this is done, the prompt shows a double angle
	bracket to indicate that the line is still in progress.  Certain
	cases will automatically prompt for more input in a similar manner,
	even without the back-slash.  The most common case for this is when
	a function is being defined, but is not yet completed.

	Each command sequence terminates only on an end of file.  In
	addition, commands can consist of expression sequences, which are
	described in the next section.


	NOTE: Calc commands are in lower case.   UPPER case is used below
	      for emphasis only, and should be considered in lower case.


	DEFINE function(params) { body }
	DEFINE function(params) = expression
		This first form defines a full function which can consist
		of declarations followed by many statements which implement
		the function.

		The second form defines a simple function which calculates
		the specified expression value from the specified parameters.
		The expression cannot be a statement.  However, the comma
		and question mark operators can be useful.  Examples of
		simple functions are:

			define sumcubes(a, b) = a^3 + b^3;
			define pimod(a) = a % pi();

	HELP
		This displays a general help message.

	READ filename
		This reads definitions from the specified filename.
		The name can be quoted if desired.  The calculator
		uses the CALCPATH environment variable to search
		through the specified directories for the filename,
		similarly to the use of the PATH environment variable.
		If CALCPATH is not defined, then a default path which is
		usually ":/usr/local/lib/calc" is used (that is, the current 
		directory followed by a general calc library directory).  
		The ".cal" extension is defaulted for input files, so 
		that if "filename" is not found, then "filename.cal" is 
		then searched for.  The contents of the filename are 
		command sequences which can consist of expressions to 
		evaluate or functions to define, just like at the top 
		level command level.

	READ -once filename
    		This command acts like the regular READ expect that it 
		will ignore filename if is has been previously read.

		This command is particularly useful in a library that
		needs to read a 2nd library.  By using the READ -once
		command, one will not reread that 2nd library, nor will
		once risk entering into a infinite READ loop (where
		that 2nd library directly or indirectly does a READ of
		the first library).

	WRITE filename
		This writes the values of all global variables to the
		specified filename, in such a way that the file can be
		later read in order to recreate the variable values.
		For speed reasons, values are written as hex fractions.
		This command currently only saves simple types, so that
		matrices, lists, and objects are not saved.  Function
		definitions are also not saved.

	QUIT
		This leaves the calculator, when given as a top-level
		command.


	Also see the help topic:

		statement       flow control and declaration statements