BASIC5

BASIC5.WPS

BASIC LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING

WRITING AND RUNNING A SIMPLE PROGRAM IN BASIC

STEPS

1) Launch Q BASIC from menu.

2) When welcome message appears press the escape key to

clear the window.

3) Type the program into the blue screen. **note computer

checks syntax for you and alerts you immediately in cases

of syntax errors.

4) Visually check your program over to make certain that the

commands you wish to have in the program are actually

there.

5) Save a copy of the program.

6) To run the program press the F5 key.

Assignment:

1) Enter the program below into the computer and run it.

Hand in a printout of the program itself. Save the

program as bas5.bas

CLS

LET VALUE = 0

FOR COUNT= 1 TO 40

REM REMARKS STATEMENTS ARE USED TO DESCRIBE WHAT A PROGRAM

REM OR PART OF A PROGRAM DO. THEY DO NOT ACTUALLY AFFECT

REM THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM

PRINT "This is the Basic5.wps Assignment"

LET VALUE = VALUE + 5

PRINT VALUE,VALUE,VALUE

NEXT COUNT

END

2) You can get the computer to print the results of the

calculations directly to the printer by substituting

the LPRINT command for the PRINT COMMAND. Change the

print commands in the program to LPRINT commands and

print out and hand in this printout stapled to the copy of the program.