DARK BASIC
PROGRAMMING PRINCIPALS

The purpose of this section of the help is to teach you how to write your own DARK BASIC programs. BASIC is an acronym for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. DARK derives from the term 'Dark Horse' (go ahead, look it up). The traditional description of a program is a task that you want your computer to perform. The task is described to the computer using statements DARK BASIC can understand.

Statements in your program must be written using a set of rules known as 'Syntax'. You must follow these rules if you are to write DARK BASIC programs. By proceeding through these sections in sequence, you will gain a firm understanding about the general rules of BASIC and how to apply them as a programmer.

1) Data Types, Variables and Arrays
2) Arithmetic, Relational and Boolean operators
3) Common Statements
4) Common and User Functions
5) Reserved Words, Remarks and Spacing
6) Errors and Warnings

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