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The A > 90 is a condition. The print “YOU ARE SMART” is the command given for the
true condition. In the above example, let’s give A the value 80. Would the message be
printed? No, it would not be printed because the condition is false (80 is less than 90).
Let’s try a program to compute the area of a rectangle.
Type:
NEW
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INPUT “ENTER THE LENGTH”;L
press
ENTER
20
INPUT “ENTER WIDTH”;W
press
ENTER
30
LET A=L*W
press
ENTER
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PRINT “THE AREA IS”;A
press
ENTER
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INPUT “ANOTHER? (Y/N)”;R$
press
ENTER
60
IF R$=“Y” THEN 10
press
ENTER
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PRINT “THAT’S ALL FOLKS!”
press
ENTER
80
END
RUN
This program uses the INPUT statement to get values for numeric variables and prints
a computed result. It then prompts for a string variable and makes the decision to begin
again if the value typed in is a Y.
Here’s another one.
Type:
NEW
10
INPUT “GIVE ME A NUMBER”;A
20
INPUT “AND ANOTHER”;B
30
PRINT “ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY OR DIVIDE”
40
PRINT “TYPE IN THE FIRST LETTER OF THE”