Qbasic Program; Write a program to enter your name and print it

Question; Write a program to enter your name and print it .

Solution:-

Before going on code, i will you introduce about Qbasic Programming.

QBASIC (Quick Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a high level programming language delveloped by Microsoft Corporation in 1985. It is a modular Programming Language, where program is divided into different modules or procedure. QBasic is simple and easy to learn. It uses English like Keywords and mathematical symbols to write a program.

Features of QBasic Programming:-

• It is simple and easy to learn
• It is an interpreter having its own editor.
• It has dynamic program debugging.
• It supports the local and global variable.
• It supports modular programming.
• It capitalizes the reserved words automatically.
• The syntaxes of the statements are checked automatically.

Starting QBASIC

QBASIC may not be on your computer. At first, you need to have QBASIC in your computer. It is freely available. You can download it from internet as well.

QBASIC

In Windows 7, 8, 10,

Use following steps to Download QBASIC Software and run in your computer.

Step 1:- Open Web Browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla) from your computer.

Step 2:- Type qb64.org in the web address bar.

Step 3:- Click on windows file. 

Step 4:- Github site opens, click on the operating system you have. 

If you have 64 bit windows computer, Click on 7z or Zip file from window 64 bit options. 

7z file:- Download HERE

Zip file:- Download HERE

If you have 32 bit windows computer, Click on 7z or Zip file from window 32 bit options. 

7z file:- Download HERE

Zip file:- Download HERE

Note:- You need 7z or Zip extractor software to extract files of QBASIC.

7Z Software Downlaod :- Link (32 BIT windows)

7Z Software Downlaod :- Link (64 BIT windows)

Step 5:- After clicking on link, download starts on browser. 

Step 6:- After download complete, go to download folder of your computer.

Step 7:- Now copy (Ctrl + c) folder to D: or other Drive (Not to c drive) of your computer.

Step 8:- I will paste that folder to E: Drive.

Step 9:- Right click on that folder to extract files. I have 7z software installed on my computer. So i extract from 7z software. 

If you need to install 7z software, Click on DOWNLOAD LINK

Step 10:- Files Extract start, you can also see on below image.

Step 11:- Now Double Click on extract folder. Again double click. Now you have successfully extract install files on your computer.   

Step 12:- But you need to create shortcut of Application file on your compouter desktop. So Right click on qb64 file, then click on Send to option and again Desktop (create shortcut) option

Step 13:- Go to desktop, you will see qb64 - Shortcut file, Double click on it.

Step 4:- Now you will see the QBASIC window where you have to write QBASIC Statements to make your program.

That's all for downloading and running QBASIC software in your computer.

Now we will start write code for the above query.

QBASIC CODE:- 

Step 1:- Open Qbasic Software from your computer.

Step 2:- The following Qbasic Code is used to solve to above query. Write down clearly in the software.

Cls

Input "Enter you name"; name$
Print "Your name is"; name$
End

In the above Syntax:-

CLS

To clear the screen

Input Statement (Input)
Input Statements are used to supply the data during the execution of the program from the keyboard. 

Print Statement (Print)

To display the output on the screen.

Step 3:- To run this program, Go to Run Tab menu, click to start
Step 4:- After running the program, following window is display.

Step 5:- After entering your name, Press enter button

Step 6:- Your Name is display according to the code you have written. That's all.