T.TOTAL CONTROL

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..^U:HACKER...             TOTAL CONTROL
.                  BY.              GARY
 FIELDS...COMMODORE MAGAZINE.JULY 1987..
.  IF YOUR WRITE YOUR OWN PROGRAMS,.YOU 
PROBABLY USE INPUT STATEMENTS.A GREAT DE
AL OF THE TIME. INPUT.STATEMENTS PROMPT 
THE USER OF A.PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION. W
HEN AN.ADVENTURE GAME PROMPTS YOU FOR A.
DIRECTION OR AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.ASKS
 YOU TO ENTER THE CAPITAL OF.NORTH DAKOT
A, INPUT STATEMENTS ARE.PROBABLY DOING T
HE WORK...  UNFORTUNATELY, INPUT ACCEPTS
 ALL OF.THE KEYS ON THE 64 KEYBOARD.  AN
.ACCIDENTLY PRESSED CURSOR KEY WILL.MOVE
 THE CURSOR AND OFTEN GARBLE THE.SCREEN;
 A COMMA WILL PRODUCE AN EXTRA.IGNORED M
ESSAGE.  YOUR OTHER OPTION.FOR ACCEPTING
 USER INPUT, THE GET.STATEMENT, ALSO HAS
 LIMITATIONS. GET,.FOR EXAMPLE, DOESN'T 
PRINT TO THE.SCREEN OR GIVE A QUESTION M
ARK PROMPT.-- JUST TO NAME A COUPLE OF.D
RAWBACKS...  GARY FIELDS' TOTAL CONTROL,
 A.SUBROUTINE BUILT AROUND THE GET.STATE
MENT, OVERCOMES SOME OF THE.PROBLEMS ASS
OCIATED WITH GET AND.INPUT STATEMENTS US
ED ALONE.  OUR.DEMO PROGRAM SHOWS HOW TH
E SUBROUTINE.CAN BE USED TO LIMIT THE NU
MBER AND.TYPE OF CHARACTERS ENTERED BY T
HE.USER...FINAL NOTES.-----------.  USE 
CAUTION WHEN USING THESE.VARIABLES IN YO
UR OWN PROGRAM: X, LE,.A, NU, AL, A$, B$
, AND C$. BECAUSE.THEY ARE USED BY THE S
UBROUTINE,.THEIR VALUES CHANGE EACH TIME
 THE.ROUTINE IS CALLED.  THESE VARIABLES
.CAN BE USED FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE IN.YO
UR OWN PROGRAM....DISK FILES THIS PROGRA
M USES:..TOTAL CONTROL      T.TOTAL CONT
ROL..        **** END OF TEXT ****.

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