Learning BASIC

Question

can anyone tell me what’s wrong with this i can’t figure out how to fix syntax error in line 25. i’m pretty new to this and would like to learn this as an opening for future jobs.

10 PRINT "Hello"
15 LET A = 9
20 LET B = 10
21
25 IF 19=A+B LET A+B=19
30 PRINT "What's the answer to 9+10"
40 IF INPUT "19" THEN PRINT "Good Job"
50 END
51
60

Answer 1

DonutDude One challenge you might encounter is finding people familiar enough with BASIC to provide much help. I haven't messed around with BASIC myself since the 1990s.

Regardless, good luck with learning.

Also, I think the following will get past your syntax errors.

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LET A = 9
LET B = 10

IF 19=A+B THEN LET C=19

INPUT "What's the answer to 9+10"; D

IF C = D THEN PRINT "Good Job"

END

Answer 2

The biggest problem is you are trying to learn BASIC.

However, the syntax errors that jump out to me are:

LINE 25:
- Missing `Then` and you can't assign a value `19` to an expression `A+B`.

LINE 40:
- I don't believe you can use the INPUT() function as a conditional expression for the IF statement.

Answer 3

DonutDude at least you didn't use a GOTO statement! Otherwise you might of been banned from Sololearn 😂😂😂

Answer 4

Also the implementations of BASIC varied in their syntax. For example Pick Basic, IRIS Business Basic, Apple Basic and the list goes on.

Answer 5

I think you cant make A+B=19, since this could also set A to 8 and B to 11.
But I dont know Basic maybe I am wrong

Answer 6

im just using this as a starting ground like python. i only want to understand this stuff but thank you

Answer 7

Future Jobs. That's funny. You are preparing for future jobs by learning an obviously outdated language created in 1963.