QBasic 1.1: RUN Statement

Explanation

Runs the current program or a specified program.

Useful and cross-version information about the programming environments of QBasic, QuickBasic and Visual Basic for DOS.

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RUN [{linenumber | file$}]

linenumber	The line number in the current program where execution should begin. If no line number is specified, execution begins at the first executable line.
file$	The name of a Basic source file. QBasic assumes a .BAS extension.
RUN closes all files and clears program memory before loading a program. Use the CHAIN statement to run a program without closing open files.


'Assumes the program TEST.BAS is in a \DOS directory.
RUN "C:\DOS\TEST.BAS"