Commodore 128D - The PUDEF Command; Sample Program

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Sample Program
If you want a comma to appear before the last three dollar places, as
in $1,000.00, include the comma in the PRINT USING statement.
Remember you can format output with spaces, commas, decimal
points, and dollar signs. There are several other special characters
for PRINT USING, see the BASIC Encyclopedia for more information
The PUDEF Command
If you want formatted output representing something other than dol
lars and cents, use the PUDEF (Print Using DEFine) command. You
can replace any of four format characters with any character on the
keyboard.
The PUDEF command has four positions, but you do not have to
redefine all four. The command looks like this:
PUDEF"
12 3 4
Here:
• position 1 is the filler character. A blank will appear if you do
not redefine this position.
• position 2 is the comma.character. Default is the.comma.
• position 3 is the decimal point.
• position 4 is the dollar sign.
If you wrote a program that converted dollar amounts to English
pounds, you could format the output with these commands:
10 PUDEF " £"
20 PRINT U£ING "#$####.##";X
This program calculates interest and loan payments, using some of
the commands and statements you just learned. It sets a minimum
value for the loan using the ELSE clause with an IF-THEN statement,
and sets up a dollar and cents format with PRINT USING.
.60 GO TO
70: PRINT"|id§NS OF UNDER
80 END
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