Apple IIe - Page 147

Apple BASIC Reference Guide 147
The RIGHT$ function returns a string value. The first argument is
a string constant or a string variable. The second argument is a
numeric value. The string returned consists of the number of
characters specified by the numeric argument. These characters
are
the rightmost characters in the string argument.
Example
10 A$= "WILLIAM JONES"
20 PRINT A$
30 PRINT RIGt-IT$(A$,5)
]RUN [Ret]
WILLIAM JONES
JONES
The preceding example contains a program that uses a RIGHT$
statement.
At line 10, the string variable A$ is assigned the value
"WILLIAM JONES". At line 20, the value of A$ is printed. At line
30, the rightmost 5 characters of the value of A$ are displayed.
If the value of the numeric argument exceeds the length of the
string argument, the entire string value is returned. If the value
of then u meric argument is less than one or greater than 255, the
following error message will be displayed:
ILLEGAL
QUANTITY ERROR
•
Applesoft
RND
• Integer
The RND function is used to generate "random" numbers.
Configuration
X=RND(a)
In Applesoft BASIC, RND will return a random number greater