• How
to
Count
the
Number
of
Steps
A command or a
function
command in a program
uses
1 step.
A line number (numerical values
from
1 through 9999)
uses
2
steps.
Example:
1 INPUT A
Im--------------------------------
5 steps
'--'
\ I
'~
'---'
2 I
10
8 =
SIN
A
E··------------------------------
7 steps
'--J
'---JL...J~
I...-.J
'--'
2 I I I I
100
PRINT
"-----'
\ }
2
\\
8="
; B
LED
------------···10 steps
,
'--..I
L..J
'----'
4 I I
Total 22 steps
5-2-1 Constants and Variables
Characters which
can
be
used
in BASIC
are
capital letters (A through
Z)
and numbers
(0
through 9) and certain special characters
such
as
symbols, etc.
• Constants
The characters
used
in BASIC
are
capital letters
(A
through Z), and numbers
(0
through
9),
and certain special characters
such
as
symbols.
Example: S =
1tr
2
becomes S = 1! *Rf 2
2
is
the constant.
• Variables
A variable
is
a single capital letter
(A
through
Z)
or
a single capital letter
with
"$"
attached (character variable).
Variables
are
also numerical values which
are
used
in a program. They
are
used
during
execution
to
make inputs
from
the keyboard
or
to
substitute calculation results which
were
initially
unknown.
Example: S =1Cr
2
becomes S =
7C
*Rf 2
R
is
the variable.
Example: Y = 2 * X t 2 + 3 * X + 4
V~riable
I
va~iable
I
con~ant
I
Co~stant
Constant
Constant Variable
In other words, algebraic terms are "variables" and constant numbers
are
"constants".
In addition, there
are
character constants and character variables.
A character constant
is
a character string which
is
written
directly. A character string
is
a group
of
characters which
is
enclosed in quotation marks such
as
"123"
or
"ABC".
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