' Get the starting balance PRINT "What is the starting balance" INPUT BALANCE
(A different prompt and a different variable name would be OK.)
Now the program determines if the transaction is a deposit or a check. There are many ways to do this. Let us use this method:
Ask the user about the transaction. The user types a 'D' for a deposit and a 'C' for a check.
A string variable is a variable that holds a character string. The name looks like those variable names for number variables, except that the name of a string variable ends with a dollar sign $.
Write the next part of the program. Ask the user to type a 'D' or a 'C' and then read that into a string variable.