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Small Basic-Subroutines

Subroutines are specific portions of code within a program that can be called from anywhere, identified by a name following the Sub keyword and ending with EndSub. They help reduce code redundancy, decompose complex problems, and improve program readability. The document provides examples of subroutines for printing time and performing arithmetic operations, emphasizing their utility in programming.

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Small Basic-Subroutines

Subroutines are specific portions of code within a program that can be called from anywhere, identified by a name following the Sub keyword and ending with EndSub. They help reduce code redundancy, decompose complex problems, and improve program readability. The document provides examples of subroutines for printing time and performing arithmetic operations, emphasizing their utility in programming.

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Subroutines

A subroutine is a portion of code within a larger program that usually does something very
specific, and that can be called from anywhere in the program. Subroutines are identified by a
name that follows the Sub keyword and is terminated by the EndSub keyword. For example, the
following snippet represents a subroutine whose name is PrintTime, and it does the job of
printing the current time to the TextWindow.

Sub PrintTime
TextWindow.WriteLine(Clock.Time)
EndSub

Below is a program that includes the subroutine and calls it from various places.

PrintTime()
TextWindow.Write("Enter your name: ")
name = TextWindow.Read()
TextWindow.Write(name + ", the time now is: ")
PrintTime()

Sub PrintTime
TextWindow.WriteLine(Clock.Time)
EndSub

You execute a subroutine by calling SubroutineName(). As usual, the punctuators “()” are
necessary to tell the computer that you want to execute a subroutine.

Advantages of using Subroutines


As we just saw above, subroutines help reduce the amount of code you have to type in. Once
you have the PrintTime subroutine written, you can call it from anywhere in your program and
it’ll print the current time.

Note: Remember, you can only call a SmallBasic subroutine from within the same program. You
cannot call a subroutine from within another program.

In addition, subroutines can help decompose complex problems into simpler pieces. Say you
had a complex equation to solve, you can write several subroutines that solve smaller pieces of
the complex equation. Then you can put the results together to get the solution to the original
complex equation.

Subroutines can also aid in improving the readability of a program. In other words, if you have
well-named subroutines for commonly run portions of your program, your program becomes
easy to read and comprehend. This is very important if you want to understand someone else’s
program or if you want your program to be understood by others. Sometimes, it is helpful even
when you want to read your own program, say a week after you wrote it.

Using variables
You can access and use any variable that you have in a program from within a subroutine. As
an example, the following program accepts two numbers and prints out the sum,difference,
multiplication and division of the two.

Practice Program::

TextWindow.Write("Enter first number: ")


num1 = TextWindow.ReadNumber()
TextWindow.Write("Enter second number: ")
num2 = TextWindow.ReadNumber()

sum()
diff()
multi
div()

Sub sum
sum=num1+num2
Textwindow.writeline(“The sum of two numbers = ” +sum)
End Sub

Sub diff
diff=num1-num2
Textwindow.writeline(“The difference of two numbers = ” +diff)
End Sub

Sub multi
multi=num1*num2
Textwindow.writeline(“The multiplication of two numbers = ” +multi)
End Sub

Sub div
div=num1/num2
Textwindow.writeline(“The sum of two numbers = ” +div)
End Sub
Practice Program::
Write a program in small basic using subroutine find the square and cube of a number
entered by the user.

TextWindow.Write("Enter first number: ")


num1 = TextWindow.ReadNumber()
square()
cube()

Sub square
sq=num1*num1
Textwindow.writeline(“The Square of a numbers = ” +sq)
End Sub

Sub cube
cu=num1*num1*num1
Textwindow.writeline(“The Cube of a number = ” +sq)
End Sub

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