[vcf-midatlantic] Late-night BASIC support
Jeffrey Brace
ark72axow at gmail.com
Thu Feb 16 19:36:07 EST 2017
In that case, you have to use the next best thing which is a bunch of IF
... THEN ... where the condition drops down to the next line if it isn't
true and uses a GOSUB to do the routine and return back to the last line
executed.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> There's no ELSE in Applesoft.
>
>
>
> On 02/16/2017 08:23 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>
>> I recommend reorganizing the code so that it isn't spaghetti code. New
>> BASIC programmers without formal training (e.g. a college course) tend to
>> structure code in "spaghetti" format. I recommend using more GOSUB calls
>> instead of GOTO. Make subroutines and use GOSUB. Also structure with IF
>> this THEN that ELSE something else. GOSUB x
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 1:55 AM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone up? I am fighting with Applesoft BASIC (and losing). Looking for
>>> late-night phone support...
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> Evan Koblentz, director
>>> Vintage Computer Federation
>>> a 501(c)3 educational non-profit
>>>
>>> evan at vcfed.org
>>> (646) 546-9999
>>>
>>> www.vcfed.org
>>> facebook.com/vcfederation
>>> twitter.com/vcfederation
>>>
>>>
> ________________________________
> Evan Koblentz, director
> Vintage Computer Federation
> a 501(c)3 educational non-profit
>
> evan at vcfed.org
> (646) 546-9999
>
> www.vcfed.org
> facebook.com/vcfederation
> twitter.com/vcfederation
>
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Jeff Brace - ark72axow at gmail.com
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