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Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km
Date: 20 Sep 2024 15:37:43 GMT
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Phil <phil@anonymous.invalid> wrote or quoted:
>I'm not sure how common this is, but the speedometer in my car has 
>scales for both mph and km/h, so in principle I don't need to convert. 

  These days, even regular folks can afford small computers at home,
  and with a BASIC interpreter, anyone can whip up his own conversion
  program. The programming language BASIC is so simple that anyone
  can pick it up. It can handle math terms straight out of the box.

  MILES.BAS

10 PRINT "MILES TO KILOMETERS CONVERTER"
20 PRINT "-----------------------------"
30 INPUT "ENTER MILES: "; M
40 K = M * 1.60934
50 PRINT M; "MILES ="; K; "KILOMETERS"
60 END

  TRANSCRIPT

MILES TO KILOMETERS CONVERTER
-----------------------------
ENTER MILES: ? 2

 2 MILES = 3.21868 KILOMETERS