WORKSHOP\XMAS.BAS ·
BAS ·
1.2 KB ·
1991-01-01 ·
from PCPlus_Issue-52_Jan-1991_FluxEngine-360Kb
DECLARE SUB Gifts (x)
DECLARE FUNCTION Ordinal$ (x)
FOR Verse = 1 TO 12
CLS
PRINT "On the"; Ordinal$(Verse); " day of Christmas"
PRINT "My true love sent to me . . ."
Gifts Verse
WHILE INKEY$ = "": WEND
NEXT
END
SUB Gifts (x)
SELECT CASE (x)
CASE 1
PRINT " a partridge in a pear tree."
CASE 2
PRINT " two turtle doves"
PRINT "and"
CASE 3
PRINT " three French hens,"
CASE 4
PRINT " four calling birds,"
CASE 5
PRINT " five gold rings,"
CASE 6
PRINT " six geese a-laying,"
CASE 7
PRINT " seven swans a-swimming,"
CASE 8
PRINT " eight maids a-milking,"
CASE 9
PRINT " nine ladies dancing,"
CASE 10
PRINT " ten lords a-leaping,"
CASE 11
PRINT " eleven pipers piping,"
CASE 12
PRINT " twelve drummers drumming,"
CASE ELSE
PRINT
EXIT SUB
END SELECT
Gifts x - 1
END SUB
FUNCTION Ordinal$ (x)
SELECT CASE (x)
CASE 1
temp$ = "st"
CASE 2
temp$ = "nd"
CASE 3
temp$ = "rd"
CASE ELSE
temp$ = "th"
END SELECT
Ordinal$ = STR$(x) + temp$
END FUNCTION