statement/PRINT statement/PRINT
NAME
PRINT -- Writes data to the screen
ABBREVIATION
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SYNOPSIS
PRINT <printlist>
FUNCTION
The PRINT statement is the major output statement in BASIC. While the
PRINT statement is the first BASIC statement most people learn to use,
there are many subtleties to be mastered here as well. The word PRINT
can be followed by any combinations of these items, which is considered
the printlist (<printlist>):
Characters inside of quotes "text lines"
Variable names A B A$ X$
Functions SIN(23) ABS(33)
Punctuation marks ; ,
The characters inside of quotes are often called literals because they
are printed exactly as they appear. Variable names have the value they
contain (either a number or a string) printed. Functions also have
their number values printed. Punctuation marks are used to help format
the data neatly on the screen. The comma (,) devides the screen into
four columns for data, while the semicolon (;) doesn't add any spaces.
Either mark can be used as the last symbol in the statement. This
results in the next PRINT statement acting as if it is continuing the
last PRINT statement.
INPUTS
<printlist> - items to be printed
RESULT
Given printlist is displayed on the screen.
EXAMPLES
10 PRINT "HELLO"
20 A$="THERE":PRINT "HELLO,"A$
30 A=4:B=2:PRINT A+B
50 J=41:PRINT J;:PRINT J-1
60 C=A+B:D=A-B:PRINT A;B;C,D
Result:
HELLO
HELLO, THERE
6
41 40
4 2 6 2
NOTES
None
BUGS
None
SEE ALSO
CHAR
INPUT
POS()
PRINT#
PRINT USING
SPC()
TAB()