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# Beginner’s Programming, III

This month, let us first personalize our program. Clear the screen and ask your student to type his name. The name is ENTERed into a string variable and can be used any place in the program by calling the string variable.

```
 3000 CLS
 3005 PRINT AT 10, 4; "<--type your name-->"
 3010 INPUT "your name";f$
 3050 CLS
 3060 PRINT AT 4,8;"Hello, ";f$
```

-Note- The 2068 lets you enter a prompt in your input statement in line 3010. I will use this format in the future. If you are using a 1000 series just ignore the prompt. Have you given numbering the problems any thought? A variable needs to be assigned and initialized to do our counting for us. Tell the computer where to place the number. Since we need to add 1 to our variable for each problem, let’s start our variable value at 0. We also need a clean screen for each problem.

```
 3040 LET c=0
 3350 CLS
 3340 PRINT AT 3,2;"No. ";c+1
 3370 CLS
```

This line clears the number with the problem. EDIT line 3380.

```
 3380 PRINT AT 3,2;"No. ";c+1; AT 6,0;x; "+";y;"= ";z
 3430 LET c=c+1
```

The correct answer routine works with the numbering routine and allows us to give the number of correct answers out of a given number. Assign and initialize a variable; decide number of problems to a series and increment the answer number.

```
 3020 LET a=0
 3330 IF c=10 THEN GOTO 1200
 3440 LET a=a+1
```

The routine at line 1200 not gives the number correct but reinitializes the variables only also and asks if the student wishes to practice more.

```
 1200 PRINT AT 10,6; "You got" a;" out of ten."
 1210 LET c=0
 1215 LET a=0
 1220 PRINT AT 12,3; "Would you like another play?"
 1230 PRINT AT 14,3; "press y or n followed by ENTER"
 1240 INPUT "y/n"; b$
 1250 CLS
 1260 IF b$="y" OR b$="y" THEN GOTO 3070
 1280 CLS
 1290 PRINT AT 8,5; "Thank you for playing, "; AT 10,5;f$
 1300 PAUSE 200
 1305 CLS
 1310 STOP
```

You can EDIT the lines to the other parts of the program where they are needed.

Next month we will start on our LOGO. There is a smiley face if the answer is correct and a frowney face if the problem is wrong. Every child of any age that I have used this program with has enjoyed the fast feedback on his or her answers. Some have deliberately answered wrong just to see the frowney face develop.