Using an Array Value

The program does not do anything practical. It is just an example of how arrays work. Here is another not-very-practical program: Say that you have an important date this week, and want the program to print out what day it is on. The following program uses the string variable HOTDATE$ to hold the name of the important day. That name will be copied from one of the array slots:

DIM DAY$(1 TO 7)    	          ' Make an array of seven strings
LET DAY$(1) = "Monday"            ' Make "Monday" the first item
LET DAY$(2) = "Tuesday"    
LET DAY$(3) = "Wednesday" 
LET DAY$(4) = "Thursday"     
LET DAY$(5) = "Friday"    
LET DAY$(6) = "Saturday"     
LET DAY$(7) = "Sunday"    

LET HOTDATE$ = DAY$(5)            ' Copy the fifth DAY$ into HOTDATE$
PRINT "Important date on:", HOTDATE$ 
END