Turbo Pascal MSX – Lesson 7
FILES (part 1) Turbo Pascal provides a complete set of instructions for managing files. The FILE type is represented by a sequence of objects of the same type, the size of a file is not determined by the type, but a pointer is provided that moves...
Turbo Pascal MSX – Lesson 6
MSX Turbo Pascal Column by Stefano Roperto (part 6) Chapter 6 PROCEDURES AND FUNCTIONS Turbo Pascal, as we saw in chapter 4, provides the programmer with a complete collection of procedures and functions that make the language modern and complete. In...
Turbo Pascal MSX – Lesson 5
MSX Turbo Pascal Column by Stefano Roperto (part 5) Lesson 5 Loops and control instructions In turbo Pascal there are the usual iterative structures present in all high-level languages, the FOR DO loop and the REPEAT UNTIL and WHILE DO structures. ...
Turbo Pascal MSX – Lesson 4
MSX Turbo Pascal Column by Stefano Roperto (part 4) Lesson 4 Instruction set Reserved words are an integral part of Turbo Pascal. They cannot be redefined, nor used as identifiers or variable names. Turbo Pascal is essentially the...
Turbo Pascal MSX – lesson 3
MSX Turbo Pascal Column by Stefano Roperto (part 3) Chapter 3 The data type defines the set of values that a variable can take on. The more complex data types that can be defined by the programmer are all derived from the standard types. The guys...
Turbo Pascal MSX – lesson 2
MSX Turbo Pascal Column by Stefano Roperto (part 2) Chapter 2 Introduction to the Turbo Pascal language We will now see how a program in Turbo Pascal is structured. We don't need to understand everything right now, we're just seeing the typical structure...
Turbo Pascal MSX – lesson 1
MSX Turbo Pascal Column by Stefano Roperto (part 1) A look from above This is an introductory course to programming in the Turbo Pascal language in the MSX environment. It is not necessary, but it certainly facilitates the task, knowing some...