PRINT "JOHN SMITH"
JOHN
SI'1
I
TH
Ok
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Use the PRINT command to print your own name if you haven't already done so.
Also, try printing other phrases. For example, to print How now brown cow, type:
PR
I NT
II
HOW
NOW
BROWN
COW
II
(ENTER)
Notice that the phrase is printed exactly as it appears within the quotation marks,
including spaces.
Experiment
#2
What is a BASIC Program?
A BASIC
program
is
a list
of
instructions (or statements) that the Computer
executes, one at a time, in a
sequential order. An instruction differs from a command
in
that it is preceded
by
a line number.
Here is a simple BASIC program:
10
PRINT
"JOHN
SMITH"
This program, consisting
of
only one statement, the PRINT statement, accomplishes
the same thing
as
the command:
PRINT
"JOHN
SMITH"
CENnID
But because the word PRINT is being used in a program and preceded by a line
number, it is now called a statement. The number
H'J
which is typed before the PRINT
statement is called a line
number.
Every line
in
a BASIC program must have a line
number, even
if the program contains only a single line.
Type line
10
as it appears above. Notice that nothing happens this time when you
press
(ENTER).
Unlike a command, which instructs the Computer to perform a task
immediately, a program does nothing until the Computer is instructed to execute it.
This is accomplished with the command:
RUN
Type the RUN command.
Don't
forget to press
(ENTER)
after typing it.
After entering the RUN command, the program
is
executed and the name
is
displayed.
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