Memory Management

The following functions manipulate memory and its allocation/deallocation:

#REGISTER	Control automatic allocation of Register variables.
#STACK	Set the maximum potential stack size.
ASMDATA/END ASMDATA	Define a block where primitive read-only data is stored.
CODEPTR	Obtain a 32-bit address of a label, Sub or Function.
DIM	Declare and dimension arrays, scalar variables, and pointers.
ERASE	Deallocate array memory.
GLOBAL	Declare global (shared) variables between Subs, Functions, Methods, and Properties.
GLOBALMEM ALLOC	Allocate a moveable memory block of a specified size.
GLOBALMEM FREE	Deallocate a moveable memory block.
GLOBALMEM LOCK	Lock a moveable memory block at a specific memory location.
GLOBALMEM SIZE	Retrieve the size of a moveable memory block.
GLOBALMEM UNLOCK	Unlock a moveable memory block.
INSTANCE	Declare INSTANCE variables which are unique to each object.
LEN	Return the logical length of a variable, UDT, or Union.
LET	Assign a value to a variable.
LET (with Objects)	Assign an object reference to an object variable.
LET (with Types)	Assign data to a user-defined type variable.
LET (with Variants)	Assign a value or an object reference to a variant variable.
LOCAL	Declare local variables in a Sub, Function, Method, or Property.
MEMORY COPY	Copy a specified number of bytes from one address to another.
MEMORY FILL	Fill memory with a specified BYTE, WORD, DWORD, or bytes from a string expression.
MEMORY SWAP	Memory at the address specified is exchanged with the data at another address.
PEEK	Return the byte at a specific memory location.
PEEK$	Returns consecutive 1-byte characters starting at a specific memory location.
PEEK$$	Returns consecutive 2-byte wide characters starting at a specific memory location.
POKE	Store a byte at a specific memory location.
POKE$	Store a sequence of bytes starting at a specific memory location.
POKE$$	Store a sequence as 2-byte wide characters starting at a specific memory location.
REDIM	Declare dynamic arrays, allocate, reallocate, deallocate memory.
REGISTER	Define local Register variables within a Sub, Function, Method, or Property.
RESET	Set an array subscript or an entire array to zero or null/empty.
SIZEOF	Return the total or physical length of any PowerBASIC variable.
STATIC	Declare static variables inside of a Sub, Function, Method, or Property.
STRPTR	Return the address of the data held by a variable length string.
THREADED	Declare thread-local variables.
TYPE/END TYPE	Define a User-Defined Type and one or more member elements.
TYPE SET	Assign the value of a UDT or string expression to a UDT.
UNION/END UNION	Create a UDT-like structure whose elements overlap in memory.
VARPTR	Return the 32-bit address of a variable or string handle.