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=={{header|BASIC}}==

==={{header|QBasic}}===

{{works with|QBasic|1.1}}

{{works with|QuickBasic|4.5}}

QBasic does not require an executable program to have a main() procedure.

However, there's nothing to stop you creating one and then calling it to start the program:

<lang qbasic>SUB main

PRINT "Hello from main!"

END SUB

main</lang>

==={{header|BASIC256}}===

BASIC256 does not require an executable program to have a main() procedure.

However, there's nothing to stop you creating one and then calling it to start the program:

<lang BASIC256>subroutine main()

print "Hello from main!"

end subroutine

call main()</lang>

==={{header|Run BASIC}}===

Run BASIC does not require an executable program to have a main() procedure.

However, there's nothing to stop you creating one and then calling it to start the program:

<lang lb>sub main

print "Hello from main!"

end sub

call main</lang>

==={{header|True BASIC}}===

{{works with|QBasic}}

True BASIC does not require an executable program to have a main() procedure.

However, there's nothing to stop you creating one and then calling it to start the program:

<lang qbasic>SUB main

PRINT "Hello from main!"

END SUB

CALL main

END</lang>

==={{header|Yabasic}}===

Yabasic does not require an executable program to have a main() procedure.

However, there's nothing to stop you creating one and then calling it to start the program:

<lang yabasic>sub main()

print "Hello from main!"

end sub

main()</lang>