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This introduction to Basic language programming using QBasic and Visual Basic has—through three previous editions—successfully taught readers the fundamentals of programming from the ground up, using the simplicity and clarity of QBasic to illustrate problem-solving techniques and structured programming. KEY TOPICS: Designed for use with the IBM-PC and its compatibles, the book presents the fundamentals of computer programming, such as input, decision structures, and loop structures.
1. An Introduction to Computers and QBASIC.
2. Problem Solving.
3. Fundamentals of Programming in QBASIC.
4. Procedures.
5. Decisions.
6. Repetition.
7. Arrays.
8. Sequential Files.
9. Random-Access Files.
10. The Graphical Display of Data.
11. Random Numbers.
12. Visual Basic.
Appendix A: ASCII Values.
Appendix B: Using a Mouse.
Appendix C: QBASIC Statements, Functions, Operators, and Metacommands.
Appendix D: QBASIC Debugging Tools.
Appendix E: A Summary of QBASIC Editing Commands.
Appendix F: The QBASIC Environment.
Appendix G: HOW TO (QBASIC).
Appendix H: An Introduction to Windows.
Appendix I: HOW TO (Visual Basic).
Appendix J: Visual Basic Statements, Functions, Methods, Properties, Data Types, and Operators.
Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Exercises.
Index.