Atari BASIC (Wiley self-teaching guides)

This book shows you how to read, write and understand the ATARI BASIC programming language used in new personal-sized microcomputers. In just a few days you can learn to do nearly anything you want using ATARI BASIC programs, without any special background or previous experience with a computer. You'll find detailed descriptions of all the ATARI BASIC you will need to know to make your computer work for you. Numerous applications and games are also included. Cover ......Page 1 Contents ......Page 11 1: Your Atari Computer ......Page 15 2: Getting Started ......Page 25 3: Assignment Statements, Programs, and Branching......Page 55 4: IF-THEN Statements ......Page 95 5: READ and DATA ......Page 134 6: FOR-NEXT Loops ......Page 167 7: Subscripted Variables ......Page 194 8: Double Subscripts ......Page 234 9: String Variables and String Functions ......Page 274 10: Color Graphics and Sound ......Page 297 Final Self-Test ......Page 329 Appendixes - Functions ......Page 339 ASCII Character Codes ......Page 342 ERROR Messages ......Page 343 Index ......Page 345