BASIC-256

[JRS]

BASIC-256 is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach anybody (especially middle and high-school students) the basics of computer programming. It uses traditional control structures like gosub, for/next, and goto, which helps kids easily see how program flow-control works. It has a built-in graphics mode which lets them draw pictures on screen in minutes, and a set of detailed, easy-to-follow tutorials that introduce programming concepts through fun exercises.

BASIC-256 Syntax Reference 0.9.6.45

• Program Syntax
• Numeric Constants
• String Constants
• Variables
• Arrays
• Anonymous Arrays
• Operators
• Error Codes

Statements and Functions - Alphabetic

• Abs, Acos, Asc, Asin, Atan
  
• Ceil, Changedir, Chr, Circle, Clickb, Clickclear, Clickx, Clicky, Clg, Close, Cls, Color, Cos, Currentdir
  
• Day, DBClose, DBCloseSet, DBExecute, DBFloat, DBInt, DBOpen, DBOpenSet, DBRow, DBString, Decimal, Degrees, Dim, Do / Until
  
• End, Eof, Exists
  
• FastGraphics, Float, Floor, Font, For / Next
  
• GetColor, GetSetting, GetSlice, Goto, Gosub / Return, Graphheight, Graphsize, Graphwidth
  
• Hour
  
• Instr, Int, If / Then, Imgload, Imgsave, Input
  
• Key, Kill
  
• Lasterror, Lasterrorextra, Lasterrorline, Lasterrormessage, Left, Length, Line, Log, Log10, Lower
  
• MD5, Mid, Minute, Month, Mouseb, Mousex, Mousey
  
• NetAddress, NetClose, NetConnect, NetData, NetListen, NetRead, NetWrite
  
• Offerror, Onerror, Open
  
• Pause, Pixel, Plot, Poly, PortIn, PortOut, Print, PutSlice
  
• Radians, Rand, Read, Readline, Rect, Redim, Refresh, Rem, Reset, Rgb, Right
  
• Say, Second, Seek, SetSetting, Sin, Size, Sound, Spritecollide, Spritedim, Spriteh, Spritehide, Spriteload, Spritemove, Spriteplace, Spriteshow, Spriteslice, Spritev, Spritew, Spritex, Spritey, Stamp, String, System
  
• Tan, Text
  
• Upper
  
• Volume
  
• WAVplay, WAVstop, WAVwait, While / End While, Write, Writeline
  
• Year
  

Statements and Functions - Grouped

Arrays

Dim, Redim

Database (SQLite)

DBClose, DBCloseSet, DBExecute, DBFloat, DBInt, DBOpen, DBOpenSet, DBRow, DBString

Error Handling

Lasterror, Lasterrorextra, Lasterrorline, Lasterrormessage, Offerror, Onerror

File Input/Output

Changedir, Close, Currentdir, Eof, Exists, Kill, Open, Read, Readline, Reset, Seek, Size, Write, Writeline

Graphics

Circle, Clg, Cls, Color, FastGraphics, Font, GetColor, GetSlice, Graphheight, Graphsize, Graphwidth, Imgload, Imgsave, Line, Pixel, Plot, Poly, PutSlice, Rect, Refresh, Rgb, Spritecollide, Spritedim, Spriteh, Spritehide, Spriteload, Spritemove, Spriteplace, Spriteshow, Spriteslice, Spritev, Spritew, Spritex, Spritey, Stamp, Text

Keyboard and Text

Input, Key, Print

Mathematics

Abs, Acos, Asin, Atan, Ceil, Cos, Degrees, Float, Floor, Int, Log, Log10, Radians, Rand, Sin, Tan

Mouse

Clickb, Clickclear, Clickx, Clicky, Mouseb, Mousex, Mousey,

Network Communications

NetAddress, NetClose, NetConnect, NetData, NetListen, NetRead, NetWrite

Program Control

Do / Until, End, For / Next, Goto, Gosub / Return, If / Then, Pause, Rem, While / End While

String Handling

Asc, Chr, Decimal, Instr, Left, Length, Lower, MD5, Mid, Right, String, Upper

Sound

Say, Sound, Volume, WAVplay, WAVstop, WAVwait

Time and Date

Day, Hour, Minute, Month, Second, Year

Other Statements and Functions

GetSetting, PortIn, PortOut, SetSetting, System

http://www.basic256.org

So You Want to Learn to Program? (Tutorial using BASIC-256)

Note: Kaspersky IS-2010 complains and warns about the use of this program but I have no reason to believe it is malware or infected.

[JRS]

I'm done testing BASIC-256. No FUNCTION or SUB ability in this version of Basic. I'm unsure of the max string length or the number of array dimensions supported. It looks like a First Basic like language that might get someone interested in programming.

[E.K.Virtanen]

I have tried this one. It is a good starting tool for beginner, but if you have programmed more than few months, this comes too limited pretty fast.

[JRS]

I like the simplicity of the IDE and might try to put something together for ScriptBasic that works in the same manor. (editor, debugger, output window)