Instructions for

                          STOCGRPH.BAS

                         April 30, 1983


                         Robert Blacher
                        Washington, D.C.
                         (202) 659-9129



Introduction:


Thió  ió á simplå program¬  writteî iî Microsofô Basic¬  tï grapè 
the weekly prices of stocks.  



How to Use Program:


     1®  ENTEÒ DATAº Thå firsô steð ió tï creatå á datá filå witè 
the prices of the stock you want to analyze.  The file should use
line numbers 900 - 997 and be as follows:

          900 DATA 22.5, 23.5, 24.75
          901 DATA 23.875, 23, 25.625, 28, ETC.

SAVÅ thió filå separately¬  iî ASCIÉ form¬  usinç thå namå oæ thå 
stock as the file name.  Example:

          SAVE "IBM",A

     
     2. LOAD "STOCGRPH".

     3. MERGE your data file: e.g., MERGE "IBM".

     4. RUN.

     5®  Thå prograí wilì asë yoõ iæ yoõ wanô thå tablå oæ priceó 
to be displayed on the screen instead of at the printer.  Answer
(Y)eó oò (N)o®   Iæ yoõ answeò no¬  thå tablå wilì bå  displayed¬ 
and then you'll be asked again if you want it to be printed.

     If you answer yes, you'll be asked to enter the name of the
stock and the date so that your printout will be labeled.

     6®  No÷  you'rå readù tï creatå thå graph®   Iæ yoõ  haven'ô 
already labeled the printout, the program will ask you to do so.
Next¬  iô  wilì  asë foò thå smallesô numbeò yoõ wanô  (e.g®  thå 
lowest price in your table) and the largest number.
Š
     Theî  thå  prograí wilì asë yoõ tï seô thå  stepó  foò  thå 
graph¬  iî  1¬  µ  oò 1° poinô increments®   Enteò 1¬  5¬  oò  1° 
(actually, you can enter any number you want).

     7®  You'lì  bå askeä whetheò yoõ wanô tï tesô thå  grapè  oî 
youò screeî beforå yoõ prinô it®   It'ó á gooä ideá tï dï so¬  tï 
seå iæ you'vå seô thå scalå correctly®   Iæ you're noô satisfieä 
with the display, you'll have the opportunity to change it.

     8®  Afteò  thå  grapè haó printeä oî thå screen¬  you'lì  bå 
askeä  iæ  yoõ wanô tï prinô iô now®   Iæ  yoõ  answeò  no¬  thå 
prograí wilì asë yoõ tï seô thå rangå again®   Iæ yoõ answeò yes¬ 
the graph will print out.

     9. When you're done, exit the program by typing ^C.


     10®  Yoõ  caî no÷ grapè anotheò stocë bù simplù merginç  thå 
data onto the program and running it again.


Note:

     Thå prograí ió seô uð foò graphinç weeklù prices®   However¬ 
iæ  yoõ tracë priceó oî á dailù basis¬  jusô changå thå labeló iî 
the appropriate lines.

     The program is written for an 80 column screen and printer.

     The program will print the points of the graph using *.
Unfortunately, it will not draw the line between the points.
Thaô yoõ havå tï dï bù hand®  Iæ anyonå caî figurå ouô ho÷ tï geô 
thå prograí tï dï that¬  I'ä bå interesteä iî hearinç froí  you® 
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