Questions tagged [turbo-pascal]

Turbo Pascal is an old software development system including a compiler and an integrated development environment for the Pascal programming language running on CP/M, CP/M-86, and DOS.

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Turbo Pascal Homework Problem: Why did Error 57 pop up in a row it shouldn't have?

I attend 1st grade of Highschool. Recently I had an assignment to do in Turbo Pascal and this happened: var a,b,x,y,n:integer; begin readln(a,b,x,y); if ay then n:=a+y; if a>b and x
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Numerical value returns differ from actual

This might be a commonly known thing, but I wonder if there is any best practice of dealing with data spill-over in Delphi. Say I have a variable Dt that is assigned a value of 0.01 in code. When Delphi runs through it, the value of Dt in debug mode…
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What is that the Error of Illegal assignment and how to correct it?

procedure tri_selection(t: tab; n: Integer); var i, j, min, aux: Integer; begin for i := 1 to n - 1 do begin min := i; for j := i + 1 to n do if t[j] < t[min] then j := min; if min <> i then begin aux :=…
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How to find the biggest number from a txt file?

I have to find out the biggest number from a txt file. Numbers are for example: 9 8 7 6 5 Someone told me, that it should works, but it didn't, and I have no clue how to work with file bcs. program file; uses crt; var…
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Pascal exam procedure, dont understand

This is the problem Can someone please help me, I really do not understand how on earth did they get x*y in this procedure ... Question asks what does procedure do ? PROGRAM iz52(output); VAR pom: integer; FUNCTION calc(x,y: integer):…
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ARGUMENTS type in pascal

I want to make a procedure to write a color text, similar writeln(); writelncolor(color:byte;args:arguments); But when I compile it, Pascal found an error not found type Arguments I looked in Lazarus, in unit System, it have writeln…
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Convert algorithm from pascal to c#

I am trying to convert this thing (Shannon-Fano algorithm) from pascal to c#: program ShennonFano; uses crt; const a :array[1..6] of char = ('a','b','c','d','e','f'); af:array[1..6] of integer = (10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3); procedure…
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Turbo Pascal: check if string contains numbers

As it's said in the title Im having trouble finding a solution on how to check if a string PW contains a number or not. How can i check in TP if the string PW contains a digit? repeat writeln; writeln('Ok, please enter your future…
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how to convert this turbo pascal code to turbo c++?

I learned turbo pascal eight months ago and now I am studying turbo c++, so far I only know how to translate writeln and readln to turbo c++. Could anyone help me translate this code from turbo pascal to turbo c++ please? Thank You…
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Troubles with pascal conditions

I'm writing the program with Pascal. And have some troubles with conditions. For example, if you write in input 1 1 1 4 5 1 2 2 tArea1 = 6 and sumAreas = 6 too But in "if" structure this doesn't working correctly. Help me, please. Tnx. var …
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Square with diagonal in Pascal

I have written an application which will write square with diagonal (from left side) - output: + * * * * * + * * * * * + * * * * * + * * * * * + Code for first application: PROGRAM cycle4; USES CRT; VAR a,r,s:INTEGER; BEGIN CLRSCR; WRITE…
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How do I close the DOS screen after I run a pascal program and I'm stuck in a loop?

Lets say I've made a pascal program. Let's say that I haven't saved the program and I mistakenly created a loop. I ran the program and I'm stuck in a loop in the DOS run screen. How do I get out without Alt+F4? The program I am using is Turbo…
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How to load an image to Turbo Pascal using the graph unit

I need to load a single bitimage to a Pascal program, is there a way to do it or I must draw pixel by pixel?
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Turbo Pascal handle Nan and INF values in floating point variable

I've got a Turbo Pascal 5.5 program which has generated a binary data file containing Not A Number values. Using Turbo Pascal 5.5, I can import the data file correctly. But when I get an range-check error when I test If a.aSingle > 0 then I can, of…
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Turbo Pascal, Capture Writeln using stream?

I've got a legacy TP5 program. It compiles and runs OK using TP7. I'd like to capture and log some of the write / writeln statements. I can do a global search-and-replace for write and writeln, so I don't mind code changes like that. It does use…
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