PASCAL LANGUAGE TUTORIAL

PASCAL LANGUAGE TUTORIAL

This tutorial teaches the entire Pascal programming language. It is composed of 16 chapters which should be studied in order since topics are introduced in a logical order and build upon topics introduced in previous chapters. This tutorial contains a strong emphasis on object oriented programming and what it will do to improve the quality of your code. It is to the students benefit to download the source code for the example programs, then compile and execute each program as it is studied. The diligent student will modify the example program in some way, then recompile and execute it to see if he understands the material studied for that program. This will provide the student with valuable experience using his compiler.

The recommended method of study is to print the text for one or two chapters, download the example programs, and study the material by loading the example programs in the compiler's editor for viewing. Following successful completion of each chapter, additional chapters can be downloaded as progress is made.


This tutorial is distributed as shareware which means that you do not have to pay to use it. However, the author spent a good deal of time and financial resources to develop this tutorial and requests that you share in the financial burden in a very small way, but only if you felt the tutorial was valuable to you as an aid in learning to program in Pascal. If you wish to remit a small payment to the author, full instructions for doing so will be given by clicking the link below.
If you do not wish to remit any payment, please feel free to use the tutorial anyway. In either case, I hope you find programming in Pascal to be rewarding and profitable. I personally think it is the first language a new programmer should learn because of the excellent structure.

Introduction - What is Pascal and why study it?

Chapter 1 - What is a computer program?

Chapter 2 - Getting Started in Pascal

Chapter 3 - The Simple Pascal Data Type

Chapter 4 - Pascal Loops and Control Structures

Chapter 5 - Pascal Procedures and Functions

Chapter 6 - Arrays, Types, Constants, and Labels

Chapter 7 - Strings and String Procedures

Chapter 8 - Scalars, Subranges, and Sets

Chapter 9 - Records

Chapter 10 - Standard Input/Output

Chapter 11 - Files

Chapter 12 - pointers and Dynamic Allocation

Chapter 13 - Units in Turbo Pascal

Chapter 14 - Encapsulation and Inheritance

Chapter 15 - Virtual Methods

Chapter 16 - Complete Example Programs

Download source code files - All accompanying source codes

Download answers to the tutorial - All answers to the exercises