Commodore PET User Manual page 273

•• READ NUMWORD DATA FILE ••
•• MOUNT TAPE; PRESS <RETURN> WHEN READY
•• OPENING DATA FILE ••
PRESS PLAY ON TAPE #1
OK
ONE
TloJO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SI
;:.~
SE··...EN
EIGHT
t'~INE
TEN
•• CLOSING DATA FILE ••
To read data in which several strings have been written for each carriage
return is no different fram reading single strings, and not as difficult as writing
several strings per line, except for screen formatting.
Returning to the NAMES.PRINT:#: program (page 248), recall that the data
in data file NAME was written as three separate strings for each carriage
return: F$, M$, L$, (first, middle, last). Each string had forced commas separating
the strings so the three strings would not be garbled together. The data tape
looked like this:
HEADLY, GEORGE. JOYCE <CR> CAROL. A, SMITH <CR>
The forced commas keep the data from being printed on the screen as one con-
tinuous string.
HEADLYGEORGEJOYCE
CAROLA.
St'l l
TH
This would also cause problems when trying to read the name as three strings,
when on tape it is only one.
The program to read the multiple strings in NAME is listed below. On tape,
the commas act as string separators the same as does a carriage return, so at line
60 the first middle, and last names will be read separately. Line 70 formats the
data to print on the screen with first middle. and last name on one line, and a
space between each. A sample run of the program follows the listing.
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