Q(uick)BASIC Statement: BEEP

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BEEP Statement

A device I/O statement that sounds the speaker

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Useful and cross-version information about the programming environments of QBasic and QuickBasic.

Syntax

BEEP

Description/Parameter(s)

Generates a beep sound from your computer's speaker.

Syntax

BEEP

Description/Parameter(s)

The BEEP statement makes a sound through the loudspeaker. This statement makes the same sound as the following statement:

PRINT CHR$(7)

Example

The following example uses BEEP to indicate an error in the response:

CLS                ' Clear the screen
DO
   INPUT "Hear a beep (Y or N)"; Response$
   R$ = UCASE$ (MID$ (Response$,1,1))
   IF R$ <> "Y" OR R$ = "N" THEN EXIT DO
   BEEP
LOOP

Syntax

BEEP

Description/Parameter(s)

The BEEP statement makes a sound through the loudspeaker. This statement makes the same sound as the PRINT CHR$(7) statement.

Example

This example uses the BEEP statement to indicate an error in the response.

CLS                'Clear the screen.
DO
   INPUT "Hear a beep (Y or N)"; Response$
   R$ = UCASE$(MID$(Response$, 1, 1))
   IF R$ <> "Y" OR R$ = "N" THEN EXIT DO
   BEEP
LOOP