To start out, to get the basic fundamentals down, you need a programming logic book. I reccomend "Programming Logic & Design - Third Edition" by Joyce Farrell [ISBN: 0-619-21691-3]

QBasic is the...

I use XP Pro and have had no problem running QBasic. Most people's problem stems from where they put the \QBASIC directory. It should be as follows:

C:\QBASIC\

You may or may not have to go...

I just had a problem similar to this one. But I ended up making it harder than it really was. It all clicked when I figured out FOR is looking for integers instea of characters. Here's what I did:
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