Microsoft BASIC : programming the IBM PC /

Bent, Robert J.

Microsoft BASIC : programming the IBM PC / Robert J. Bent and George C. Sethares. - California : Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, c1985 - 397 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

1. IBM personal computer system -- 2. Problem solving -- 3. A first look at microsoft basic -- 4. First session at the keyboard -- 5. Interacting with the computer -- 6.. The computer as a decision maker -- 7. More on the print statement -- 8. Loops made easier -- 9. More on screen displays -- 10. Data as part of a program -- 11. Top-down programming -- 12. String and numerical functions -- 13. Arrays -- 14. More on processing string data -- 15. Data files -- 16. Subroutines -- 17. Random numbers and their applications -- 18. Graphics.

Microsoft Basic, Third Edition emphasizes problem solving and structured programming over BASIC syntax. Bent & Sethares goal is to prepare students to write sound, well structured programs in BASIC at the earliest possible time while continuing to concentrate on vital preparatory skills such as algorithm development.

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IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER -- PROGRAMMING

QA 76.8 .B46 1985