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Running Basic on Android

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I found a program to run Qbasic code on an Android device. I will describe the effort in the coming days with pictures:

Android Basic costs $3.20 at this link to use on Android devices: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=and.bas" target="_blank

Here's the command structure which is close to QBasic: http://androidbasic.ninja-web.net/man/indexe.html" target="_blank

LOCATE can use x,y 0,0 or y,x 1,1 in the Menu Settings. Font size should be 24 on 7" tablets and 16 on phones.
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Re: Running Basic on Android

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The Android-Basic menu includes Run.c to compile and run faster, Load a BAS file, Run, i which is slower and Settings:
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Settings allows you to choose which font and LOCATE syntax you wish to use:
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Font 16 works for phones, but 24 looks better on my tablet. Larger makes the screen scroll with text all over the place.
The default LOCATE syntax can be changed from x, y 0,0 to y, x 1,1 which Qbasic uses.

Font 16 is pretty small. The box around the calendar month uses LINE a bit differently: LINE (80, 40)-(460, 264), hsv(160, 25, 80), b
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Font 24 is larger for tablets, but I need to redo the LINE coordinates for the box:
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Most of the code is pure Qbasic, but the SUB programs were converted to GOSUB calls:

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CLS 3
SCREEN 1, 1, 1, 0
'
'CALENDOS.BAS
'
' COMPUTER GENERATED CALENDER
'
' FILE records all holidays and weekends
' for accurate business days in year
'
' Enter a year or press Enter for current year.
'
DIM Daxy(7, 6)
DIM Hol(4)
DIM Rel(4)
CLS
BEEP
COLOR COL(9)
LOCATE 5, 5
PRINT "CALENDOS PROGRAM"
LOCATE 15, 3
PRINT "Enter Year ent=current"
in$ = ""
WHILE -1 
   a$ = INKEY$
   PAUSE 50
   IF a$ <> "" THEN
      IF ASC(a$) > 47 AND ASC(a$) < 58 THEN
         'filter for numbers only
         in$ = in$ + a$
         ELSE
         IF a$ = CHR$(13) THEN 
         in$ = MID$(DATE$, 1, 4) 
            BREAK
         ENDIF
      ENDIF
   ENDIF
   LOCATE 10, 8
   PRINT "Year = "; in$
   IF LEN(in$) = 4 THEN 
      BREAK
   ENDIF
WEND
PAUSE 1000
CLS
Year$ = in$ 
'Get year from user 4 digit
'
yrn = VAL(Year$)
'Check for number of year for leap year calculate
yrnum = yrn
'yrnum is for adding year in second January and display
getvar = 1
GOSUB LeapYear
GOSUB Easter
'
'
num = frstday
' set first month 1st day position for calendar
'_______________READ NUM OF DAYS _____________ INKEY LOOP for months
'includes January of next year 13 months
FOR month = 1 TO 13
ERASE Daxy
DIM Daxy(7, 6)
   fst = num
   'get first day number(day) from num for other months
   '
   'DAYS OF MONTH
   SELECT CASE month
      CASE 2
         IF Lpy$ = "N" THEN days = 28
         IF Lpy$ = "Y" THEN days = 29
      CASE 4
         days = 30
      CASE 6
         days = 30
      CASE 9
         days = 30
      CASE 11
         days = 30
      CASE ELSE 
         ' all other months have 31 days
         days = 31
   END SELECT
   week = 1
   'ASSIGN NUMBERS TO DAYS ARRAY
   FOR d = 1 TO days
      Daxy(num, week) = d
      IF num = 7 THEN
         num = 0
         week = 1 + week
      ENDIF
      num = 1 + num 
      'SET NUMBER FOR NEXT MONTH
   NEXT d
   '
   '>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SELECT HOLIDAYS
   '
   ERASE Hol
   DIM Hol(4)
   ERASE Rel
   DIM Rel(4)
   'for each month
   mond = 0
   tue = 0
   thu = 0
   'ADJUST FOR MONTHS WITHOUT DAY IN 1ST WEEK
   IF Daxy(2, 1) = 0 THEN mond = 1
   IF Daxy(5, 1) = 0 THEN thu = 1
   IF Daxy(3, 1) = 0 THEN tue = 1
   '
   'holiday 2nd monday = Daxy(2, 3)
   SELECT CASE month 
      CASE 1
         mon$ = "JANUARY"
         Hol(1) = 1
         Hol(2) = Daxy(2, 3 + mond)
      CASE 2
         mon$ = "FEBRUARY"
         Hol(1) = Daxy(2, 3 + mond)
      CASE 3
         mon$ = "MARCH"
         IF EM = 3 THEN Rel(1) = ED
      CASE 4
         mon$ = "APRIL"
         IF EM = 4 THEN Rel(1) = ED
      CASE 5
         mon$ = "MAY"
         Hol(1) = Daxy(2, 4 + mond)
         IF Daxy(2, 5 + mond) > 0 THEN
            Hol(1) = Daxy(2, 5 + mond)
         ENDIF
         'last monday of month
      CASE 6
         mon$ = "JUNE"
      CASE 7
         mon$ = "JULY"
         Hol(1) = 4
      CASE 8
         mon$ = "AUGUST"
      CASE 9
         mon$ = "SEPTEMBER"
         Hol(1) = Daxy(2, 1 + mond)
      CASE 10
         mon$ = "OCTOBER"
         Hol(1) = Daxy(2, 2 + mond)
      CASE 11
         mon$ = "NOVEMBER"
         Hol(1) = Daxy(3, 1 + tue)
         Hol(2) = 11
         Hol(3) = Daxy(5, 4 + thu)
      CASE 12
         mon$ = "DECEMBER"
         Hol(1) = 25
      CASE 13
         mon$ = "JANUARY"
         Hol(1) = 1
         Hol(2) = Daxy(2, 3 + mond)
   END SELECT
   tomonth$ = MID$(DATE$, 6, 2)
   'Get todays month in time line
   IF MID$(tomonth$, 1, 1) = "0" THEN
      tomonth$ = MID$(DATE$, 7, 1)
   ENDIF
   'get month name
   SELECT CASE tomonth$
      CASE "1": moon$ = "Jan."
      CASE "2": moon$ = "Feb."
      CASE "3": moon$ = "Mar."
      CASE "4": moon$ = "Apr."
      CASE "5": moon$ = "May "
      CASE "6": moon$ = "June"
      CASE "7": moon$ = "July"
      CASE "8": moon$ = "Aug."
      CASE "9": moon$ = "Sep."
      CASE "10": moon$ = "Oct."
      CASE "11": moon$ = "Nov."
      CASE "12": moon$ = "Dec."
   END SELECT
   'Get today's date
   today$ = MID$(DATE$, 9, 2)
   yr$ = MID$(DATE$, 1, 4)
   'Figure name of the day of week near clock using actual date
   IF month = 1 THEN
      datenum = VAL(today$)
      'find date number
      monthnum = VAL(tomonth$)
      'find month number
      yrno = VAL(yr$) 
      ' find year number
      'check if leap Get first day position number
      getvar = 2
      GOSUB LeapYear
      mon1st = fstday
      FOR i = 1 TO monthnum - 1
         SELECT CASE i
            CASE 2
               'Feb
               IF Lp$ = "N" THEN mon1st = mon1st + 28
               IF Lp$ = "Y" THEN mon1st = mon1st + 29
            CASE 4
               'April, June, Sept, Nov
               mon1st = mon1st + 30
            CASE 6
               mon1st = mon1st + 30
            CASE 9
               mon1st = mon1st + 30
            CASE 11
               mon1st = mon1st + 30
            CASE ELSE
               ' all others have 31 days
               mon1st = mon1st + 31
         END SELECT
      NEXT i
      IF Lp$ = "N" THEN lpno = 365
      IF Lp$ = "Y" THEN lpno = 366
      dayofyear = mon1st + datenum - fstday
      IF Lp$ = "Y" AND dayofyear >= 60 THEN dayofyear = dayofyear + 1
      fstofmo = mon1st MOD 7 
      'finds day value of 1st day of month
      daynum = (datenum + fstofmo - 1) MOD 7 
      'finds value of actual day
      '
      'assign week day name
      SELECT CASE daynum 
         CASE 0: wd$ = "Sat"
         CASE 1: wd$ = "Sun"
         CASE 2: wd$ = "Mon"
         CASE 3: wd$ = "Tue"
         CASE 4: wd$ = "Wed"
         CASE 5: wd$ = "Thu"
         CASE 6: wd$ = "Fri"
      END SELECT
   ENDIF
   COLOR COL(8)
   CLS
   '
   '*********************** PRINT CALENDER
   COLOR COL(8)
   LOCATE 23, 7
   PRINT "Any key for next month! "
   IF month = 13 THEN
      BEEP
      yrnum = yrnum + 1
      ' add 1 for next year
      LOCATE 23, 7
      PRINT " Any key ends program! "
   ENDIF
   COLOR COL(13)
   LOCATE 2, 8
   PRINT mon$
   LOCATE 2, 24
   PRINT yrnum
   COLOR COL(1)
   LOCATE 4, 8
   PRINT "S  M  T  W  T  F  S "
   COLOR COL(15)
   LOCATE 21, 7
   PRINT "Day Num"; dayofyear; " Left"; lpno - dayofyear
   'LOCATE and PRINT day numbers............. from Daxy() Array
   'week loop r begin
   FOR r = 1 TO 6
      FOR c = 1 TO 7
         'day loop and colors
         COLOR COL(14)
         'normal day color
         IF c = 1 OR c = 7 THEN
            COLOR COL(5)
            'color weekends
         ENDIF
         FOR i = 1 TO 3
            IF Daxy(c, r) = Hol(i) THEN
               COLOR COL(4)
               ' color holidays
            ENDIF
            IF Daxy(c, r) = Rel(i) THEN
               COLOR COL(3)
               ' color Easter day
            ENDIF
         NEXT i
         IF Daxy(c, r) = 0 THEN 
            LOCATE (2 * r) + 4, (3 * c) + 5
            PRINT CHR$(32); CHR$(32);
         ELSE
            LOCATE (2 * r) + 4, (3 * c) + 4
            PRINT Daxy(c, r);
         ENDIF
      NEXT c
   NEXT r 
   'r week loop end
   '**********************BOX around Calendar
   LINE (80, 40)-(460, 264), hsv(160, 25, 80), b
   '*******************************
   '
   LOCATE 18, 20
   COLOR COL(4)
   PRINT "Holidays"
   IF month = EM THEN
      COLOR COL(3)
      LOCATE 18, 8
      PRINT "Easter"
   ENDIF
   COLOR COL(9)
   LOCATE 20, 7
   PRINT wd$; ", "; moon$; datenum
   '
   WHILE -1
      hour$ = LEFT$(TIME$, 2)
      SELECT CASE hour$
         CASE "00"
            hr$ = "12"
         CASE "01"
            hr$ = " 1"
         CASE "02"
            hr$ = " 2"
         CASE "03"
            hr$ = " 3"
         CASE "04"
            hr$ = " 4"
         CASE "05"
            hr$ = " 5"
         CASE "06"
            hr$ = " 6"
         CASE "07"
            hr$ = " 7"
         CASE "08"
            hr$ = " 8"
         CASE "09"
            hr$ = " 9"
         CASE "10"
            hr$ = "10"
         CASE "11"
            hr$ = "11"
         CASE "12"
            hr$ = "12"
         CASE "13"
            hr$ = " 1"
         CASE "14"
            hr$ = " 2"
         CASE "15"
            hr$ = " 3"
         CASE "16"
            hr$ = " 4"
         CASE "17"
            hr$ = " 5"
         CASE "18"
            hr$ = " 6"
         CASE "19"
            hr$ = " 7"
         CASE "20"
            hr$ = " 8"
         CASE "21"
            hr$ = " 9"
         CASE "22"
            hr$ = "10"
         CASE "23"
            hr$ = "11"
         CASE "24"
            hr$ = "12"
      END SELECT
      'set AM PM
      IF VAL(hour$) < 12 THEN aft$ = " AM"
      IF VAL(hour$) >= 12 THEN aft$ = " PM"
      minu$ = MID$(TIME$, 3, 3)
      sec$ = RIGHT$(TIME$, 3)
      'minutes & seconds
      COLOR COL(9)
      LOCATE 20, 20
      PRINT hr$; minu$;
      COLOR COL(9)
      PRINT aft$
      PAUSE 50
      IF INKEY$ <> "" THEN
         BREAK
      ENDIF
   WEND
NEXT month
CLOSE #1
CLS 3
'
LOCATE 4, 4
PRINT " CALENDOS "
LOCATE 7, 4
PRINT " Written by Ted Weissgerber"
LOCATE 10, 4
PRINT " burger2227@Gmail.com"
LOCATE 14, 4
PRINT " 2010"
LOCATE 18, 4
PRINT " QBasic and DOS Rule!"
'
PAUSE 3000
END
'
Easter:
c = yrn \ 100
'Century
G = yrn MOD 19
K = (c - 17) \ 25
i = (c - (c \ 4) - (c - K) \ 3 + (19 * G) + 15) MOD 30
i = i - (i \ 28) * (1 - (i \ 28) * (29 \ (i + 1)) * ((21 - G) \ 11))
J = (yrn + yrn \ 4 + i + 2 - c + c \ 4) MOD 7
L = i - J
EM = 3 + (L + 40) \ 44
'Month of Easter.
ED = L + 28 - 31 * (EM \ 4)
'Day of Easter.
RETURN
'
LeapYear:
'my LEAP YEAR and the First Day of Year routine based on year 2000
LpYear = 2000
firstday = 7
yrnm = 0
' the first day of 2000 was a saturday, the 7th day
' ** yrn INPUT
IF yrn >= 2000 THEN 
   'FORWARD LOOP 2000 up
   yrnm = 1999 
   'start in 1999
   WHILE -1
      yrnm = yrnm + 1
      ' start in 2000 (1999 + 1)
      IF yrnm > 2000 THEN firstday = firstday + 1
      'add one day every year to first day (52 weeks + 1
      IF firstday > 7 THEN firstday = firstday - 7
      ' ** firstday OUTPUT
      '
      IF yrnm = LpYear THEN Leap$ = "Y" 
      ' ** Lp$ for print only
      IF yrnm MOD 100 = 0 THEN nly = LpYear MOD 400
      'test century leap 400
      IF nly <> 0 THEN Leap$ = "N"
      ' if not divisible by 400
      '
      IF yrnm - 1 = LpYear THEN 
         ' add day AFTER leap year
         IF nly = 0 THEN firstday = firstday + 1
         ' add a leap day
         IF firstday > 7 THEN firstday = firstday - 7
         Leap$ = "N"
         LpYear = LpYear + 4
         ' find next leap year by adding 4
      ENDIF
      nly = 0
      ' reset MOD value
      IF yrnm = yrn THEN
         BREAK
      ENDIF
   WEND
ENDIF 
'end forward loop
'
IF yrn < 2000 THEN
   'REVERSE LOOP 2000 down
   yrnm = 2001 
   'start in 2001
   WHILE -1
      yrnm = yrnm - 1
      ' start in 2000 (2001 - 1)
      IF yrnm < 2000 THEN firstday = firstday - 1
      'subt one day every year to first day (52 weeks + 1
      IF firstday = 0 THEN firstday = 7
      IF yrnm MOD 100 = 0 THEN nly = LpYear MOD 400
      ' test century every 100
      Leap$ = "N"
      '
      IF yrnm = LpYear THEN
         ' BEFORE leap year
         IF nly = 0 AND LpYear <> 2000 THEN firstday = firstday - 1 
         ' subt a leap day
         IF firstday = 0 THEN firstday = 7
         LpYear = LpYear - 4 
         ' find next leap year
         Leap$ = "Y"
         IF nly <> 0 THEN Leap$ = "N"
         ' if not divisible by 400
      ENDIF
      nly = 0 
      ' reset MOD value
      IF yrnm = yrn THEN
         BREAK
      ENDIF
   WEND
ENDIF
SELECT CASE getvar
   CASE 1
      yrn = yrn
      Lpy$ = Leap$
      frstday = firstday
   CASE 2
      yrno = yrn
      Lp$ = Leap$
      fstday = firstday
END SELECT
RETURN
Thanks to Pete from the N54 Qbasic Site for help converting the code! http://www.network54.com/Index/10167
Please acknowledge and thank members who answer your questions!
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