Editing Applesoft BASIC (section)

==Sample code==
[[File:Applesoft BASIC.png|thumb|[["Hello, World!" program|Hello, World!]], with [[inverse video]] and [[bell character]], run then listed]]
[["Hello, World!" program|Hello, World!]] in Applesoft BASIC can be entered as the following:
<syntaxhighlight lang="cbmbas">
10TEXT:HOME
20?"HELLO WORLD"
</syntaxhighlight>
Multiple commands can be included on the same line of code if separated by a colon (<code>:</code>). The <code>?</code> can be used in Applesoft BASIC (and almost all versions of Microsoft BASIC) as a shortcut for "PRINT", though spelling out the word is not only acceptable but canonical—Applesoft converted "?" in entered programs to the same token as "PRINT" (thus no memory is actually saved by using "?"), thus either appears as "PRINT" when a program is listed. The program above appears in a <code>LIST</code> command as:
<syntaxhighlight lang="cbmbas">
10  TEXT : HOME
20  PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
</syntaxhighlight>
When Applesoft II BASIC was initially released in mid-1978, it came on cassette tape and could be loaded into memory via the Apple II's machine language monitor. When the enhanced Apple II+ replaced the original II in 1979, Applesoft was now included in ROM and automatically started on power-up if no bootable floppy disk was present. Conversely, Integer BASIC was now removed from ROM and turned into an executable file on the DOS 3.3 disk.