Money is a flexible currency conversion program meant for people who

travel and have to deal with their own currencies, the US dollar and

the currencies of the countries in which they travel.







When travelling, many of travellers find that we have to work with

three currencies: our own currency, the American dollar and the

currency of the country in which we are travelling. This program

performs four different conversions: local currency to our own

currency, local currency to American dollars, American dollars to

local currency and our own currency to local currency.



The program must be modified to fit the needs of the traveller. The

code to be modified is at the beginning of the program:



        :"NOK"\->\MyMoney

        :    2\->\MyDecim

        : 6.45\->\MyToUSD

        :

        :"INR"\->\XXX

        :    2\->\XXXDecim

        :34.00\->\XXXToUSD

        :

        :"USD"\->\USD

        :    2\->\USDDecim

        :

        :"More"\->\More

        :  "No"\->\No

        : "Sum"\->\SumWord

        : "Yes"\->\Yes



MyMoney is the name of the traveller's own currency (in this case,

NOK, Norwegian kroner); it is used in the menu. MyDecim is the number

of decimal places to display for the traveller's own currency. MyToUSD

is the exchange rate for one American dollar in the traveller's own

currency (in this case, 6.45 Norwegian kroner corresponds to one

American dollar).



XXX is the name of the local currency. The variable XXX is not used in

the program; it is there just as documentation of which local currency

the is going to be used (in this case, INR, Indian rupees). XXXDecim

is the number of decimal places to display for local currency.

XXXToUSD is the exchange rate for one American dollar in local

currency (in this case 34.00 Indian rupees corresponds to 1 American

dollar).



USD is the name of American dollars; it is used in the menu. USDDecim

is the number of decimal places to display for American dollars.



More is the text to be displayed when asking whether the user wants to

do any more conversions. No is the word for "no"; Yes is the word for

"yes". Sum is the word to be displayed when asking for a sum to be

converted. These are variables so that the user can set up the program

to work in another language than English.



The program asks for a sum of money to be converted. Once the sum has

been entered and the ENTER key pressed, a menu is displayed. Using

the default set-up, the menu is:



        ->NOK   ->USD           USD->   NOK->

        F1      F2      F3      F4      F5



indicating that F1 is to be pressed to convert from local currency to

NOK, F2 to convert from local currency to USD, F4 to convert from USD

to local currency and F5 to convert from NOK to local currency.



The program performs and displays the conversion. Then it asks whether

or not more conversions are to be performed and displays a menu. Using

the default set-up, the menu is:



        Yes                             No

        F1      F2      F3      F4      F5



indicating that F1 is to be pressed if more conversions are to be

performed and F5 if no more conversions are to be performed.



An example of a modified set of instructions for a French traveller:



        :"FRF"\->\MyMoney

        :    2\->\MyDecim

        : 5.09\->\MyToUSD

        :

        :"INR"\->\XXX

        :    2\->\XXXDecim

        :34.00\->\XXXToUSD

        :

        :"USD"\->\USD

        :    2\->\USDDecim

        :

        :"Encore"\->\More

        :   "Non"\->\No

        : "Somme"\->\SumWord

        :   "Oui"\->\Yes



For the convenience of those who prefer the somewhat more reliable

XXEncoding system, an XXEncoded version of the program can be found

after the UUEncoded version.



If you find the program useful, I'd appreciate a postcard!



                                    -- Aron Felix Gurski

                                       Strandlien 35

                                       N-5037 Solheimsvik

                                       Norway



                                       e-mail: agurski@bix.com