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That is correct, but there is a second and more complex format used when a line number is the target of a GOTO or GOSUB. This is the "line number" token (&8D) followed by the number encoded into three bytes such that none of them are >= &80. (This is done so that they cannot be confused with legitimate tokens, and is an optimisation for scanning through lines at run time eg when looking for the ELSE in an IF...THEN statement.)

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2021-01-10 21:08:11 +00:00
Commented Jan 10, 2021 at 21:08

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