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' Subject: STRING$ BORDER EXAMPLE            Date: Unknown Date (00:00)   
' Author:  Jeff Shantz                       Code: QB, QBasic, PDS        
' Keys:    STRING$,BORDER,EXAMPLE          Packet: TEXT.ABC
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'Border Example By Jeff Shantz
'
'Programmer's Note
'
'This Example Was Made So That Programmer's Could Learn Some New Techniques
'For Making Border's And Other Things In QuickBasic.  This Example Uses
'1 Main Command, STRING$.  Most People Do Not Know The Use Of STRING$ And
'It Is Actually A Very Useful Command.  I Find That Many Programmers Resort
'To Just Typing All The Characters Out In One Big Print Statement If They
'Want To Make A Border.  With STRING$, You Obviously Don't Have To Do That.
'Of Course, That Is Not The Only Use For STRING$, But With Some Experimenting,
'You'll Find New Uses For It.
'
'

'Titles And Instructions
1 CLS : LOCATE 2, 25: COLOR 4: PRINT "Border Example"
COLOR 7: LOCATE 1, 63: PRINT "Enter 255 To Exit"
COLOR 15: LOCATE 5, 1: PRINT "Type An Ascii Code In Digital Format (e.g. 197) : "
LOCATE 5, 51: INPUT "", N   'gets the input
IF N = 255 THEN SYSTEM ELSE GOTO 2  'if the input is 255 then program exits
2
COLOR 14
X$ = STRING$(79, N)         'sets the border  
CLS
LOCATE 1, 1: PRINT X$:      'prints the upper border
LOCATE 23, 1: PRINT X$:     'prints the lower border
SLEEP 1: GOTO 1             'returns to label 1

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