Q - Delete Word

Deletes the word at the current cursor position.

Command

Q

Action

When you press Q in Edit Mode, the word at the current cursor position is deleted.

A word is considered to be any string of characters surrounded by blanks.

The cursor can be positioned under any character within the word to be deleted.

Action of this key is immediate, no prompt is given and no RETURN is required.

Example

Note the current cursor position.

0121 PRINT BLEEP JUNK

Press Q.  The current line now reads.

0121 PRINT JUNK

The word 'BLEEP' at the cursor position has been deleted.