Structured Programming in Basic Problems

© 1998 by Dr. Thomas W. MacFarland -- All Rights Reserved

     Instructions:   Review the following program and see if you can 
                     predict the outcome by completing a "pencil 
                     trace" of the code.  

                     Program output is provided at the end of this 
                     page.

     Compiler:       The program was prepared using GWBasic, which  
                     requires the use of line numbers.

10 REM This program demonstrates the order of operations
20 REM by the use of ( and ).
30 A = 1 + 2 + 4 / 2 * 3
40 PRINT A
50 A = (1 + 2) + 4 / (2 * 3)
60 PRINT A
99 END
10000 REM And the answer is ...
10010 REM  9
10020 REM  3.666667

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