TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rob, Peter.
TI  - Big blue BASIC : programming the IBM PC and compatibles
SN  - 0534045782
AV  - QA 76.8 .R63 1995 
PY  - 1985///
CY  - Belmont, Calif. : 
PB  - Wadsworth Pub. Co., 
KW  - IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
KW  - BASIC (COMPUTER PROGRAM LANGUAGE)
N1  - Includes index; Chapter 1. About those microcomputers... --  Chapter 2. Some programming basics --  Chapter 3. Writing more complex programs: comparisons and loops -- Chapter 4. Conversations with the micro -- Chapter 5. FOR/NEXT loops and subscripts -- Chapter 6. Complex calculations and output formatting -- Chapter 7. Nested loops and their applications -- Chapter 8. Two-Dimensional and three-dimensions arrays -- Chapter 9. Much more about strings -- Chapter 10. Using subroutines -- Chapter 11. Random numbers and simulation -- Chapter 12. Sequential files -- Chapter 13. Random access files -- Chapter 14. Medium-resolution graphics -- Chapter 15. High-resolution graphics -- Answers to the exercises -- Index/Glossary
N2  - This book emphasizes structured programming, including early treatment of subroutines, top-down programming design, extensive WHILE/WEND and IF/THEN/ELSE. GOTO is introduced only as an example of poor programming style
ER  -