Literature about QuickBasic

[Kernelpanic]

If you're interested: The QuickBasic 2.5 2nd Edition manual can be downloaded here: The QuickBasic 2.5 2nd Edition manual

And here: The Waite Group's Microsoft QuickBASIC Bible

I just bought this book (antique and in German of course). Anyway, the author is good. If the book is as good as the description. . .
QBasic. Das Kompendium. Zur Einführung und zum Nachschlagen Gebundene Ausgabe

[TerryRitchie]

If you're interested: The QuickBasic 2.5 2nd Edition manual can be downloaded here: The QuickBasic 2.5 2nd Edition manual

And here: The Waite Group's Microsoft QuickBASIC Bible

I just bought this book (antique and in German of course). Anyway, the author is good. If the book is as good as the description. . .
QBasic. Das Kompendium. Zur Einführung und zum Nachschlagen Gebundene Ausgabe

I have a copy of the Microsoft QuickBasic Bible I purchased new back in the 90's. A very good book, every QB64 programmer should have it.

[SMcNeill]

As long as we're talking about Quickbasic references and such, I recommend this link: https://hwiegman.home.xs4all.nl/qb45-man/index.html

It's the whole Quickbasic 4.5 Help File online with easy to reference layout and links!  What more could someone want?

[vince]

here's one i found quite useful

https://qb64forum.alephc.xyz/index.php?t...#msg140282

[SMcNeill]

here's one i found quite useful

https://qb64forum.alephc.xyz/index.php?t...#msg140282

No files there @vince -- get the latest version from our forums here: https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=169

[Pete]

I thought I had a book called QBasic for Dummies, but then I realized it was just an email to Clippy.

Pete

[SMcNeill]

TO Clippy, or FROM Clippy?

[Kernelpanic]

I received the book “QBasic Compendium” mentioned today. As expected, a very good book.
I also looked at the section, where is the difference between static and dynamic is explained well again (there are always problems there).

ERASE deletes an array. However, this deletion is different depending on whether it is a static or dynamic array.
When applied to a static arrayx, ERASE simply assigns a value of 0 to all elements. That is, it reinitializes the array and deletes all elements in it.

If ERASE applied to a dynamic array does not delete the values of the array, but the array itself. It is completely removed from memory and then no longer exists. It's just not there anymore, as if it never existed.
(Some people had problems with that.) 

[TerryRitchie]

As long as we're talking about Quickbasic references and such, I recommend this link: https://hwiegman.home.xs4all.nl/qb45-man/index.html

It's the whole Quickbasic 4.5 Help File online with easy to reference layout and links!  What more could someone want?

I was just reading through the site.

I didn't know QuickBasic supported line continuation (the underscore _ character). I thought that was something added by Galleon. Man that would have been helpful back in the day. I wonder why no one used it? (Well at least in all the sample code I came across).

[Kernelpanic]

@Terry -  I didn't know QuickBasic supported line continuation (the underscore _ character).

The text in the QuickBasic 4.5 manual says the following: In the QB4.5 editor a line can only be 256 characters long; the editor does not recognize (accept) an underscore to continue the line.
It's different when using another editor. In this case, the underscore is removed at compile time and the continued lines are merged into one line. In this case, the line length limit is lifted.

Underscores are not continued in DATA and REM statements under any circumstances.