Detailed GW Basic Tutorial for Beginners

Repository

https://github.com/HelpToGrow/RanaTalhaTraiq/blob/master/Examples%20GW%20BASIC

What Will I Learn?

_Learn about BASIC
_History of BASIC
_What is GW BASIC
_Rules Of GW BASIC
_All basic use of GW BASIC
_All basic command of GW BASIC
_Coding in GW BASIC

Requirements

Because we are learning about programming in GW BASIC so first we have to learn its rules

Rules of GW BASIC

Each instruction in a GW BASIC program is written as a separate statement Thus, a complete GW BASIC program will composed of a sequence of statement The following rules are suggested for programming in GW BASIC

Each instruction must be started with a line number , which must be an integer such as 10,20,30,40 etc for example 10 LETA = 5

After typing the line number a blank space must be given and only then the instruction should be written For example 10 LETA = 5

After a blank space, the starting of any instruction should be done by the keyword , which is also called command word. A command word tells the computer about the type of function to be done For Example 10 LETA = 5

Keyword must be written using the appropriate syntax .Each keyword has its own syntax , which differs from the other For Example 10 LETA = 5

When the statement is completely typed in , press the Enter key to start the next statement in the next line for example : 10 LETA = 5 (press " " Enter key)

Never use the duplicate line number .This will cause overwriting on the statement on the same line number.For Example: 10 LETA = 5

Note

The line number may be any number between 1-9999

It is better to use line numbers in the order of tens i.e 10, 20, 30 ........This facilitates the addition of any instruction between the two lines

Characters Sets

The Microsoft GW BASIC characters set consist of Alphabetic characters .Numeric characters and Special characters.

Alphabetic characters
The alphabetic characters in GW BASIC are the uppercase letter <A,B,C...................>And lower <a,b,c..................> of the English alphabet.
Numeric characters
The GW BASIC numeric characters are the 10 digits from 0 to 9.
Special characters
The GW BASIC special characters are below in the image

Elements of BASIC

Elements of BASIC are as follow

Constant

Numerical quantities in BASIC are referred to as numbers or constant .Constant cannot change during program execution.There are two types of constant

Numeric Constant

Example 28,764,42.09,+402,-1300 etc

String Constant

Example "AHMED" , "Karachi" , "A128" , "62-44-452432" , "It is Quick Way To Learn Computer"

Variable

There are two type so of variable

Numeric variable

Example 9, -88, -34, +86 etc

String variable

NAMES$, Pakistan$, Lahore$, Th88$

Operators

Operations are lexical entity that indicates the action to be performed on operands(constant and variable). Operators perform mathematical or logical operations on value There are three type of operators.

Arithmetic operators

Relational operators

Logical operators

Arithmetic operations

Arithmetic operations perform simple mathematical calculation such as addition and subtraction .All arithmetic operations are listed below in the following table with their implicit order of priority.

Order of Priority

Computer assigns an order of priority to operators by which high priority operators are evaluated before those low priority .Operators of equal priority are performed from left to right
Example 1:
8/2^2/2+4^12
Example 2:
4+9/3-1
Its will solved step by step as shown in this link codes https://github.com/HelpToGrow/RanaTalhaTraiq/blob/master/Examples%20GW%20BASIC

Relational Operators

Relational Operators are used to make a decision in theexecution of program . They compare two values and result will be either True or False The relational operators are given in the following table.

Logical Operators

In GW BASIC, there are three logical operators:

AND

OR

NOT

logical operators are used to define / redefine decisions

Expression

An expression is collection of operands (constant and variable) to join together certain operations to perform the algebraic like term. Conversion of arithmetic expression into BASIC expressions is in this picture

GW BASIC Functional Words

Functional Words are used in expressions to perform predefined routine on an operands .For example LEN , MID$ ,SQR etc there are two kinds of functional words

Reserved Functional words

User Defined Functional Words

Reserved Functional words

Basic has built in functions that can be used by simple calling them . For example LEN, LEFT$ , SQR etc are reserved functional words . These word cannot be used as variable names. The list of reserved in given below in the image

Syntax,/h3> Syntax is the rule of language just like grammatical rule for English language .If we do not follow the rules of English Language we cannot write good English .Similar is in GW BASIC language .If we do not now about the rules of BASIC language we cannot write program. Download any GW BASIC version according to your need and device for coding in GW BASIC

Statement

In GW BASIC language , programs are written in a sequence , which consist of a series of statement .Each statement consists of one or more lines in length and each statement in a program must store with a statement number.

REM Statement

If we want to give any heading or want to type miscellaneous remarks , The REM statement is used . REM is an abbreviated for remarks .This statement facilitates us to type any remarks such as the following.

LET Statement

If we want to give any data to the computer, which is to be used many times in the program, we may assign it in a variable . To assign any single data , we may use LET statement Syntax (line number) LET (Variable = data) Example are in github with Heading ### Example # 3 https://github.com/HelpToGrow/RanaTalhaTraiq/edit/master/Examples%20GW%20BASIC

INPUT Statement

Using INPUT statement , we can input data into the computer .This statement provides the facility to input data Syntax The INPUT statement has the following syntax (line num) INPUT (List of the variable separated by commas) 22 INPUT A, B, Example is in the github with heading ### Example # 4

PRINT Statement

If we want to display the result on our monitors's screen using the BASIC statement use print statement Print statement is used as given in the following syntax : Example 100 PRINT T 110 PRINT AV 120 PRINT , AV If we want to print on the screen Any text ,which we want to print on the screen , is written just like the variable but this is enclosed with quotes

Example

130 PRINT "Lahore" We will write the variable separated by the commas .Thus the values will be printed in the same line on the screen

Read - Data statement

Read - Data statement are two statements connected with each other which are used to put data in a line of a program and to read the date when it needed Read statement is used as given in the following Syntax (Line Number) READ <variable, variable................> Example is in the github with heading ### Example # 5

Data Statement

Data Statement has the following syntax Syntax (line number) DATA<Data ,data> Example is on github with heading ### Example # 6 Question Write a program to find the average of the number 27,93,84,60,45 ?

Unconditional Jump in the program

Sometime it is required to jump at a certain step of program unconditionally .Thus certain steps could be repeated or skipped .For this purpose GOTO Statement is used.

GOTO Statement

With the GOTO statement ,that the line number is given on which we want to jump General syntax is as below Syntax (line number)GOTO(line number on which we want to go) 50 GOTO 10 Example Is on GitHub with heading ### Example # 7 https://github.com/HelpToGrow/RanaTalhaTraiq/blob/master/Examples%20GW%20BASIC Question Write a program to generate the number from one to indifinate

Save the Program

To save means to get a program recorded on drive ,If we want to store our program on the hard disk or any recording media we may use Save command.

How To Save Command ?
Simply typing Save or press F3 ,give the name of the program , which is to be stored and then press Enter Key.
Example is on GitHub with heading ### Example # 8
https://github.com/HelpToGrow/RanaTalhaTraiq/blob/master/Examples%20GW%20BASIC

Difficulty

• Basic
  

  Tutorial Contents

  
  Introduction to BASIC
  Introduction to BASIC is an abbreviation of " Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code" BASIC is easy to learn high-level interactive programming language . It is a very simple and similar to English for example : LET, PRINT,GOTO,INPUT,READ,WRITE,IF..THEN etc. Are the some statement Of Basic has become more popular and famous.
  BASIC is helpful in all fields of life.We may make programs for different purpose for example Accounting ,Spread sheet ,Business,Science ,Engineering and Education etc . BASIC has also graphic facilities and sound generation system so that we may enjoy BASIC as playing games.
  History of basic
  The early computer languages are little difficult to learn and apply .As the use of computer became more wide spread it was decided that a new simple language was needed , this formed the basis of BASIC.
  Dr John G. Kemeny and Dr .Thomas E.Kurtz professor of Dartmount College USA developed a simple language for beginners in mid 1960's The language has some grammatical rules just like as English grammar rules called syntax. Within very short period BASIC was widely used in schools,colleges and many other fields. After development of microcomputer 1970's BASIC became standard language for microcomputer.Now BASIC is not very popular but still it used in schools to teach programming to beginners .
  Now we are talking about GW BASIC So

  What is GW Basic

  
  BASIC got the ANSI (American National Standard Institute) standard in 1978 Different versions of BASIC language introduced but now common version is GW BASIC We had syntax GW BASIC
  Nearly all BASIC language have same syntax

Proof of Work Done

https://github.com/HelpToGrow/RanaTalhaTraiq/blob/master/Examples%20GW%20BASIC

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