Jonathan E. Sisk's
Pick/BASIC: A Programmer's Guide

Table of Contents

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• Legal, Copyright and Revision History
• Foreword by Ken Simms
• Preface
• Introduction

1. Pick Terminology and Concepts
2. The Related TCL Processes
3. Fundamental Pick/BASIC Statements and Functions
4. The Concept of Loops
5. Calculations and the Principle of Precedence
6. String-Handling Intrinsic Functions
7. Data Conversion and Print Masking
8. Numeric Data Conversion and Output Routing
9. The CASE Statement and Controlling Switches
10. Looping with the FOR-NEXT Statement
11. Extending the FOR-NEXT Construct
12. An Introduction to FILE I/O
13. Manipulating Dynamic Arrays
14. A Generalized Data Entry Program
15. Formatting Reports and Passing PROC Arguments
16. Using the EXECUTE Statement
17. External Subroutines
18. Additional PICK/BASIC Concepts

Appendices:

• Appendix B: Sample Data and Dictionary for STAFF File
• Appendix D: PICK/BASIC Error Messages
• Appendix E: PICK/BASIC Interactive Debugger

Other Stuff:

• Glossary
• Review Quiz Answers
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