A Character denotes any letter, digit, punctuation mark, or any other sign used in the representation of information in any language. BASIC, like other computer languages, has the following character set:
+ plus (operator for addition)
* asterisk (multiplication operator)
/ slash (division operator)
^ caret (exponentiation operator)
( opening bracket (left parenthesis)
) closing bracket (right parenthesis)
, comma
; semicolon
: colon
$ dollar symbol
= equality or assignment symbol
. decimal point
> greater than
< less than
“ quotation mark (16 characters)
Only these fifty-two characters are allowed to construct statements in BASIC. Blank space is a character when used in string constant. Other characters used are # and ?.
- Alphabets:
- A, B, C, D…………Z (26 character)
- Numerals:
- 0, 1, 2, 3,…………9 (10 characters)
- Special Characters:
+ plus (operator for addition)
* asterisk (multiplication operator)
/ slash (division operator)
^ caret (exponentiation operator)
( opening bracket (left parenthesis)
) closing bracket (right parenthesis)
, comma
; semicolon
: colon
$ dollar symbol
= equality or assignment symbol
. decimal point
> greater than
< less than
“ quotation mark (16 characters)
Only these fifty-two characters are allowed to construct statements in BASIC. Blank space is a character when used in string constant. Other characters used are # and ?.
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