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Advanced BASIC Programming
COURSE OVERVIEW:
This course continues to develop the skills from Intermediate BASIC. It focuses on string manipulation, control break logic, disk file processing, and graphics.
PREREQUISITES:
Intermediate BASIC or equivalent skills
COURSE LENGTH:
This course contains 15 lesson units and 1 test.
UNIT-BY-UNIT TOPICAL OUTLINE:
Unit 1 - The LEFT$(), RIGHT$(), MID$(), and LEN() functions
Unit 2 - The ASC(), CHR$(), VAL(), and STR$() functions
Unit 3 - The TIME$ and DATE$ system variables, the INSTR() function
Unit 4 - Using INKEY$ and INPUT$() for special inputs, the STRING$() function, the SPACE$() function
Unit 5 - Menu-driven programs using the ON...GOSUB statement
Unit 6 - Creating and reading a sequential file
Unit 7 - The WRITE# statement, processing three sequential files at the same time
Unit 8 - Control break logic, multiple-page reports
Unit 9 - The transaction file processing model for updating sequential files, appending records to a sequential file
Unit 10 - The random number generator, user-defined functions
Unit 11 - Selecting arithmetic precision using integer, single precision, and double precision variables
Unit 12 - Creating, reading, and updating a random access file
Unit 13 - Storing numeric values in a random access file, the LOF() function
Unit 14 - Graphics using the PSET, LINE, and CIRCLE statements
Unit 15 - Review
Test - Comprehensive final exam
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To find out more about Akersoft's educational products, please contact Akersoft at:
Akersoft, Inc. P.O. Box 80469 Atlanta, GA 30366-0469 (800) 736-9408 akersoft@ix.netcom.com