Run the program with a sales amount of 1111. In this case you can see that in the
output
of
the commission
..........
$166.65
the unused positions are, indeed, padded with the
"*,,
symbol.
Large dollar amounts are usually printed with commas. Try changing line
45
to
45
A$
=
"**$###,###.##"
Run the program with a sales amount
of
123456. In the output of the commission,
***$42,809.60
the digits are now separated with a comma to make the reading
of
the number easier.
If
your number requires more columns than you have specified, for example printing
34.56 with
"#.###",
the number will
be
printed anyway, but the symbol
"%"
will
be
printed
to
the left of the number
to
indicate the field overflow.
Experiment
#5
Sales Commission Revisited
Change the sales commission program so that it is computed according
to
the
following scheme:
if
sales are $2000 or under, commission is
15%
of sales
if
sales are over $2000, commission is 20%
of
sales
The program must now make two different computations depending upon the total
sales.
The program is illustrated with the flow chart in figure 4-2. The branching can
be
accomplished with the use
of
a variation
of
the IF/THEN statement, called the
IF/THENIELSE statement.
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