VTech Precomputer Power Pad Plus INPUT “ENTER THE LENGTH”;L, INPUT “ENTER WIDTH”;W, LET A=L*W, PRINT “THE AREA IS”;A, INPUT “ANOTHER? (Y/N)”;R$, IF R$=“Y” THEN, PRINT “THAT’S ALL FOLKS!”

The A > 90 is a condition. The print “YOU ARE SMART” is the command given for the true condition. In the above example, let’s give A the value 80. Would the message be printed? No, it would not be printed because the condition is false (80 is less than 90).

Let’s try a program to compute the area of a rectangle.

Type:

NEW
10	INPUT “ENTER THE LENGTH”;L	press ENTER
20	INPUT “ENTER WIDTH”;W	press ENTER
30	LET A=L*W	press ENTER
40	PRINT “THE AREA IS”;A	press ENTER
50	INPUT “ANOTHER? (Y/N)”;R$	press ENTER
60	IF R$=“Y” THEN 10	press ENTER
70	PRINT “THAT’S ALL FOLKS!”	press ENTER

80END

RUN

This program uses the INPUT statement to get values for numeric variables and prints a computed result. It then prompts for a string variable and makes the decision to begin again if the value typed in is a Y.

Here’s another one.

Type:

NEW

10INPUT “GIVE ME A NUMBER”;A

20INPUT “AND ANOTHER”;B

30PRINT “ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY OR DIVIDE”

40PRINT “TYPE IN THE FIRST LETTER OF THE”

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