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# So You Want to Write a Program! (Part II)

Second installment of the structured programming tutorial. Provides BASIC code for the menu function (lines 5–680) featuring arrow-key navigation and GOSUB dispatch to sub-functions, followed by the New List dimension function (lines 1000–1990) for initializing a name/address data structure. The listing is intended as a practical model for well-structured BASIC program design.