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╚╧═┼ ╞╔╬┴╬├┼
BY ╙I ╠A┬AR
1740 ╠EVERING ╨LACE
┬┼╘╚╠┼╚┼═ ╨┴ 18017
╚OME'FINANCE BEGAN LIFE IN THE
╘UTORIAL ┬INDER AS "@┴DDR ╠IST ─EMO".
═Y IDEA INITIALLY WAS JUST TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT USING ├╧═┴╠ BY PLAYING
AROUND WITH THE DEMO, BUT THE MORE
CHANGES ╔ MADE IN ┴DDR ╠IST, THE MORE
POTENTIALLY USEFUL THE PROGRAM BECAME
AS A WAY OF TRACKING PERSONAL
FINANCES.
╞IRST, THE NAMES OF THE FIELDS WERE
CHANGED TO "├ATEGORY", ╙UBCATEGORY",
"╙OURCE", "╥ECORD", "─ATE" AND ONE
MORE, ("┴MOUNT") WAS ADDED. ┬ELLS AND
WHISTLES WERE ADDED TO CHANGE SCREEN
AND TEXT COLORS AND PROMPT MESSAGES.
┴ LOOP WAS ADDED SO THAT THE PROGRAM
DOESN'T GO BACK TO THE MENU AFTER
EACH RECORD IS CREATED. ╨ROCEDURES
WERE ADDED FOR HARDCOPY PRINTOUTS IN
VARIOUS FORMATS. ┴ "QUIT'PROGRAM"
PROCEDURE ENDS THE PROGRAM MORE
GRACEFULLY THAN JUST HITTING THE ╙╘╧╨
KEY WHEN YOUR DATA PROCESSING SESSION
IS FINISHED. ┴ "DIR" PROCEDURE HELPS
WHEN YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF
THE FILE YOU WANT TO LOAD. ┴NOTHER
PROCEDURE GIVES YOU THE NAME OF THE
FILE PRESENTLY IN MEMORY AND PERMITS
USING THAT NAME OR CHOOSING ANY OTHER
NAME YOU WISH (UP TO THE USUAL 16
CHARACTERS) WHEN SAVING A FILE. ╘HE
TIME'BY PROCEDURE TELLS YOU HOW LONG
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WHEN YOUR WIFE
SAYS "╚EY! ┴REN'T YOU EVER COMING TO
BED? ┘OU HAVE TO BE UP EARLY
TOMORROW!". ╘HE PROGRAM SORTS BY ONLY
THE FIRST FIELD, BUT THIS GROUPS ALL
INCOME AND ALL EXPENSES TOGETHER,
REGARDLESS OF THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY
ARE ENTERED. ┴LSO, IF YOU WISH TO, IT
WOULD BE VERY EASY TO ADD OTHER
PROCEDURES TO SORT BY DATE OR CHECK
NUMBER.
╧NE OF THE 'JOYS' OF ├╧═┴╠ IS THE
ABILITY TO USE LONG VARIABLE NAMES,
BUT THERE'S NO RULE AGAINST USING
SHORT ONES WHEN IT'S MORE CONVENIENT,
SO "CATEGORY$" BECAME "A$",
"SUBCATEGORY$" BECAME "B$" ETC. ╘HIS
PERMITS CHANGING THE FIELD NAMES TO
OTHERS WHICH YOU MAY PREFER FOR YOUR
PERSONAL FILES, WITHOUT CAUSING
CONFUSION BETWEEN FIELDNAMES AND THE
CORRESPONDING FIELDSTRING NAMES.
╚╧═┼'╞╔╬┴╬├┼ IS PRETTY
UNSOPHISTICATED COMPARED TO PROGRAMS
LIKE ╥OBERT ╙HINGLEDECKER'S
"─ATABASE", BUT ╔'M SURE THERE ARE
OTHERS LIKE ME WHOSE FINANCIAL
MANIPULATIONS CONSIST MOSTLY OF
PAYING THE MONTHLY BILLS AND WHO
DON'T NEED A REALLY ELABORATE BASE.
╬╧╘┼: ╫HEN ENTERING DATA, THE FIRST
THREE FIELDS WILL PRINT EXACTLY AS
ENTERED. ╚OWEVER, WHEN ENTERING FIELD
4 (─ATE) ENTERING ╩ANUARY 3 AS 3/3
WILL GIVE YOU 03/03 IN THE PRINTOUT.
╙IMILARLY, ENTER ╬OVEMBER 7TH AS
11/1. ╔T WILL PRINT OUT 11/01. ╞IELD
5 (╥ECORD) IS FOR CHECK NUMBERS.
┼NTER ONLY THE DIGITS AND THE PROGRAM
WILL ADD 'CK#' SO THAT ENTERING 123
PRINTS CK#123. ╫HEN ENTERING FIELD 6
(┴MOUNT), DO NOT USE THE DOLLAR SIGN
OR DECIMAL. '┴MOUNT' ENTERED AS 55227
WILL HAVE THE DOLLAR SIGN AND DECIMAL
ADDED BY THE PROGRAM AND WILL PRINT
AS $552.27. ╟REAT FOR LAZY PEOPLE
LIKE ME. ╘HERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER
LITTLE TWIDDLES IN THERE ALSO. (╙EE
PROCEDURE ├╚┼├╦).