QBasic Tutorial 2 - Printing Math - QB64


In Tutorial 1, we saw that PRINT was capable of printing text surrounded by quotes. PRINT is capable of doing a bit more. PRINT is capable of printing calculations too.

QBasic / QB64 follows the math rule of PEMDAS - Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. PEMDAS is also called the Order of Operations.
Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Functions Used in This Tutorial
SQR is the square root function.
ABS is the absolute function.

Code Download
QBT2.BAS



QBasic / QB64 Links

QB64 is a free download at www.qb64.com

QB64 Wiki & Manual is found at qb64.com/wiki.html

QBasic 1.1 comes with OldDOS. A zip file of OldDOS can be found at www.pcxt-micro.com/download.html

QBasic 1.1 needs DOSBox to run on Windows Vista and greater, Mac, and Linux.
DosBox is a free download at www.dosbox.com

Free QB64/QBasic Code

QBasic.Net - www.qbasic.net

Pete's QBasic Site - www.petesqbsite.com/index.php

QB45 - qb45.org

Phatcode - games.phatcode.net