BASIC Tutorial Notes Purpose: Develop a simple course in Japanese to teach the kids BASIC programming. * Materials to develop ** Short command reference/tutorial ** Japanize a few sample programs * Dartmouth BASIC manual "An Example": statement numbers, reserve words, READ, DATA, LET, IF-THEN, PRINT, GO TO, END. "Expressions, Numbers, and Variables": +-*/^(), order of operation, variables, formulae, standard functions (SIN(), COS(), TAN(), ATN(), EXP(), ABS(), LOG(), SQR()). "Loops": With IF-THEN, GO TO, FOR, NEXT "Summary of Elementary BASIC Statements": LET, READ and DATA, PRINT, GO TO and IF-THEN, FOR and NEXT, END ** More Advanced BASIC "More About PRINT": Tabular formatting with comma. "Lists and Tables": Arrays, DIM. "Functions and Subroutines": Functions INT() and RND(), DEF, GOSUB, RETURN. GOSUB may not be used inside a subroutine. "Some Ideas for More Advanced Programmers": REM, STOP, rounding errors, debugging