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Console Input/Output procedures:

Sub Cls

Clears console screen

Sub ConsoleBackground(colour)

Set console background colour

Where colour is required. Target colour.

Example:

  ConsoleBackground Rgb(100,0,0) ' set console background to red colour  

Sub ConsoleTextColor(colour)

Set console text colour

Where colour is required. Target text colour.

Example:

  ConsoleTextColor Rgb(100,0,0) ' set console text colour to red colour  
  Print "Hello world" ' print Hello world in red colour

  ConsoleTextColor Rgb(100,100,100) ' set console text colour to grey colour  
  Print "The end!" ' print The end in Grey colour

  input

Input [Label,] [Var_name]

Input values using console window

Where:
Label - Optional. String constant. String constant indicated before inputing variables. Cannot be variable or expression.
Var_name - Optional. Variable name to input values to. If omitted inputed value is not stored anywhere.

Remark:
If var_name was never declared before Input command automatically declares it.

Example:

    Print 
    Print "Hello world!"
    Print 
    Input "Input x: ", x
    Input "Input y: ", y
    Print 
    Print "x = ", x, " y = ", y, "x+y = ", x+y
    Print "Result = ", sin(x) / cos(y)

Print [ expressions_list ]

Outputs information to consol window

Where expressions_list is optional. Single expression or list of expressions separated by coma or semicolon

expression_list can be fully skipped, in this case print command will print empty line only

Example:

    Print 
    Print "Hello world!"
    Print 
    Input "Input x: ", x
    Input "Input y: ", y
    Print 
    Print "x = ", x, " y = ", y, "x+y = ", x+y
    Print "Result = ", sin(x) / cos(y)



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