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@H@1Basic BASIC
@A@3By Smiley
@FHbigwall16
@FAshareandenjoy08
@FMprime08
{3@1
1Ok, most of us have graduated from BASIC to assembler, C, E, Pascal etc, but
1what a lot of people tend to forget is that we all have to start somewhere
1and the more obvious choice would be BASIC (for Amiga purposes AMOS is better
1and this article should be compatible - as I know AMOS very well I will point
1out any major differences).
1So these articles are for the very beginners amongst us (not Lamers as some
1"Elite" would have us believe) to get a hold of the principles of programming
1I will write these tutorials in psuedo-BASIC, in other words it may not tie
1in exactly with any actual BASIC interpreter but the theory will be there.
1
1As this is only the first issue of Zoo I wont actually write any BASIC here
1but refer to what I hopefully will include if I/the magazine gets sufficient
1demand.
1What you wont see here is any coding specific to the Amiga, i.e. there will
1be no copper, dual playfielding, sprites, bobs etc. - this is what there will
1be though :-
1
1Types - integers, reals ,booleans ,characters
1Loops - for-next, repeat-until ,repeat-while
1Math - adding, subtacting, multiplying etc. (remember this is for beginners)
1Screen accessing - print, gotoxy
1Simple graphics - lines circles, boxes, use of color
1Procedures - gosubs, gotos
1File handling - opening, closing, writing, types (sequantial, indexed etc.)
1Misc - delays, sound
1
1Fair enough, most people will not even look at this, but I know when I first
1started using my good old Speccy BASIC was a mistry to me and most of the
1books were of little help (I only had the manuals) so it is this I am trying
1to rectify.
1
1If you are interested in this then drop me a note (along with some articles!
1come on we need all we can get!) and I will continue this. Hey I may even
1continue it just to fill space up in Zoo!!!
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