TY - BOOK AU - Hennefeld, Julien O. TI - Using BASIC: an introduction to computer programming SN - 0871503158 AV - QA 76.73 .H46 1981 PY - 1981/// CY - Massachusetts PB - Prindle, Weber & Schmidt KW - BASIC (COMPUTER PROGRAM LANGUAGES) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Practice with LET and PRINT statements -- 2. Writing and running programs -- 3. Mathematical expressions and notation -- 4. Transfer of control: GO TO and IF-THEN statements -- 5. Flowcharts -- 6. Extended dialects if BASIC and other IF-THEN statements -- 7. The INPUT statements -- 8. Flags and counters -- 9. FOR-NEXT loops -- 10. More on writing programs: the top down method -- 11. More on the PRINT statement -- 12. A simple method for finding the largest number in a list -- 13. String variables -- 14. Simulation, coin flipping, dice rolling, and the random number generator -- 15. "Psychotherapy", Teaching and campaign letter programs -- 16. Subscripted variables -- 17. Subscripted string variables -- 18. Modularization: GO SUB, ON K GO TO, ON K GO SUB -- 19. PRINT USING and TAB -- 20. More advanced string manipulations -- 21. Nested FOR-NEXT loops -- 22. The bubble sort -- 23. Double subscripts: matrices and MAT statements -- 24. Files -- 25. GET SMART: a program that can learn N2 - Using BASIC is written for a first course in computer programming. The text requires no previous computer experience ER -