Laser 128 - Variables

INTRODUCTION
• Computer's BASIC Function s this
presents all of th e c omputer' s built-in
BASIC functions, and it is al so arrang ed
alphabetically .
• Appendices - th ese co nt a in th e ASCII and
keyboard character codes, e rror messages,
a nd a li st of res e rved wo rd s.
This BASIC manual completely de sc rib es th e
language as it is impl e mented on the
computer .
However, it is no t intended as a gui de to
learning the language , althou gh if you
followed through the de sc ripti ons of the
commands and functions a number of tim es
you would get a fair grasp of it.
If you are comp let ely new to BASIC, th e re
are a larg e number of bo oks availab le to
help you le arn it . Among them arc:
BASIC from the g round up, by David E.
Simon , Hayden, 1978,
B AS IC , by Robert L. A lbr echt, Leroy Finke l,
and Jerr y Brown, John Wiley & Sons, 1973.
1.3 VARI ABLES
Variab les are th e n ames you ass ign to va lu es
th at change in your BASIC program.
The values can be gi ven directly - ini tia li sed
- as in this example:
A = 63.999
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