UniBasic Commands Reference - Rocket Software

Parameters
The following table describes each parameter of the syntax.
Parameter Description
Examples
In the following example, the program segment prints HI THERE on the system
printer:
PRINTER ON
PRINT "HI THERE"
In the next example, the program statement sends the value of variable X concatenated
to "X = " to the file specified by unit 10:
PRINT ON 10 "X = ":X
In the next example, the @ function is included with a terminal option. -1 clears the
screen before printing.
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ON num.expr Specifies a target print file. If you do not use the ON clause, the data is
printed based on the last PRINTER command executed:
PRINTER OFF – The data prints on the display terminal.
PRINTER ON – The data prints on the system printer.
print.expr Specifies an expression to print. It can be any valid UniBasic
expression. If you do not specify a print.expr, a PRINT statement sends
a line feed character to the printer or file.
PRINT Parameters
PRINT @(-1):"Enter true or false: "
INPUT answer,5_
In the next example, the comma separation character prints X, Y, a string separated
by tabs, X+Y, tabs twice, then prints another string, and finally print the average of
X and Y using the INT function:
X = 5 ; Y = 7
PRINT X,Y,"Total = ":X+Y,,"Average = ":INT((X+Y)/2)
The result is:
5 7 Total = 12 Average = 6