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  • BEEP pitch values for key of G?I've been transcribing a listing which is supposed to include a DATA statement with the pitch values for the key of G. What it's got is: DATA 5,7,9,…

    ... never knew you could mix strings and numeric values in an ... used an array. However, the basic manual doesn't explain how ...
    FrankT FrankT March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • I want to see if a file exists. in CIs this what they call a lockfile? I'm trying to write some software that translates from one language to another (as some of you probably know, I …

    ... interpreted. Just like your old BASIC example, an interpreter will read ... it goes. Unlike your old BASIC example, things have moved on ... very good at messing with strings. You will be hard pushed ...
    JamesW JamesW April 2010 Chit chat
  • Learning C for z88dkI've never gone much beyond basic, a little bit of z80 assembler, and some Delphi which I had lots of help with. I've forgotten 99% of what I learne…

    ... quite so self explanatory as Basic.
    [/quote]

    As ... of Spectrum functionality to call BASIC from C code as well ... octal or decimal numbers in strings, try this:

    printf ...
    dom dom April 2010 Development
  • How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…

    ... use this way to print strings...
    db $16,00,4 ... define this gdu from teh basic, how we can use it ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 'Hello World' in ASM ?Can someone show how to make the classic 'Hello World' print with ASM code ? I cant figure at this moment how to insert and handle strings with the s…

    ...
    ret ready, back to basic
    text defb 22,8 ... ]

    Printing null-terminated strings can be made slightly shorter ...
    Winston Winston June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Developing on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04)Ok, so I decided to install Ubuntu as my main OS, but keep XP as a bootable partition just in case I err mess up Ubuntu, :) I also have XP VM in Virt…

    ... way to being both Sinclair Basic and Freebasic compatible.

    strings. - and I'm one of ...
    Gedlion Gedlion August 2010 Development
  • BITWISE operators...Hi Folks, Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC? Many thanks Paddy

    ... have been good in Sinclair BASIC...[/quote]

    * Bitwise ... functions for storing numbers as strings in the DEF FN ... degree e.g. BBC BASIC, Amstrad BASIC so it could be ... The SE Basic ROM, BetaBasic, HiSoft BASIC, YS MegaBASIC, BBC BASIC (Z80).
    chev chev August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…

    ... to ensure that whatever BASIC your planning, likewise allows ... language - again, stored in strings). Sure, Id like the modern ... that would give speccy BASIC programmers a starting point ... way... Perhaps some included BASIC commands for generating similar menu ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Multi Dimension String Arrays.Ok so I've been playing with Sinclair Basic though BASIN and I'm wanting to use multi dimension string arrays, if it is possible. I know what when a…

    ... a a 10x10 array of strings, each of which is ten ... every other implementation in sinclair basic, they take some getting used ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Multi Dimension String Arrays.Ok so I've been playing with Sinclair Basic though BASIN and I'm wanting to use multi dimension string arrays, if it is possible. I know what when a…

    ... a a 10x10 array of strings, each of which is ten ... every other implementation in sinclair basic, they take some getting used ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!

    ... is so then why was BASIC on an Electron/BBC quicker ... the difference between printing 1000 strings in MODE 4 with doing ...
    Winston Winston August 2010 Games
  • SpecOS progressOk, As you can all see, I'm back - and I've been working away on SpecOS for a while now. There's a few videos, which you can see on my blog: [url]h…

    ... the number itself.

    Strings are a string ID byte ... , much faster to execute than BASIC code. You need to use ... like that could offer a basic programmer, for designing something like ... fun with it as a BASIC programming toy.

    And ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecBAS (SpecOS's BASIC interpreter) is updated - build 236Build 236 is up at [url]ftp://zxdunny.dyndns.org[/url] New for this release is the beginnings of a proper manual - all commands and functions docume…

    ... inspiration for this variation of BASIC?... The Bank system reminds me ... DRAW command that uses logo strings like QBasic, incidently?)...

    kgmcneil kgmcneil September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…

    ... can use arrays from BASIC but the other data ... not familiar with Speccy BASIC. I know it worked ... /> Instead of swapping long strings, you just swap indexes. With ... And with float, the BASIC has to convert to ... depending on where your BASIC starts arrays and max ...
    JamesD JamesD October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…

    ... linked list etc. Alas Spectrum BASIC is not the quickest so ... data file to get the strings/data to compare... but you ...
    JamesD JamesD October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • variable variable names with VAL$It's possible to make the RH-side variable names in a LET statement be themselves variable by using VAL$. Thus, if v$ holds the [b]name[/b] of anothe…

    You need BBC BASIC V, then you can do:< ... />
    Common use with BBC BASIC is setting territory-specific content ... the program is initialised the strings are set by reading them ... />
    Doing it with Sinclair BASIC is likely to be doable ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Arrays in Spectrum basicHi everyone, I've recently begun learning to programme in Spectrum and want to write a text adventure. Could someone give me an example or help me o…

    ... found on all machines with BASIC and the main difference between ... Sinclair BASIC and others is that other ... of the string.
    Sinclair BASIC arrays are best viewed as ... ,8 ) a 8x8 array of strings of variable length, usually 255 ...
    Geoff Geoff November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…

    ... Paul is adding to ZX BASIC via SpecBAS but until it ... all RATE commands to use strings to specify rates (eg. RATE ...
    ASH-II ASH-II January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Platformer BAS file?Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.

    ... to make it friendlier for Basic programmers, so that they can ... enormous faff to keep assembling strings by hand to use them ... probably just drop back to Basic to do that.

    gasman gasman January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…

    ... them as an array of strings of bytes?

    You ... , I've not tried your BASIC yet.
    joefish joefish January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…

    ... them as an array of strings of bytes?
    [/quote]
    BASIC yet.[/QUOTE]

    They ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…

    ... are stored as bytes in strings (A$.MyStructElement style).
    ... a "remake" of sinclair BASIC. It's available here:< ... , but it's Sinclair BASIC at heart. It's ... able to allow a BASIC programmer to create an ... .

    The BASIC editor needs some work, as ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…

    ... stored the way Sinclair's BASIC does. Variables are static memory ... br />
    ZX BASIC VAL only converts strings to numbers (or 0 ... is allowing as much Sinclair BASIC syntax as possible to ... br /> Unlike other BASICs, Sinclair BASIC treated DATA as [b]anonymous ...
    boriel boriel February 2011 Development
  • A LOAD of old site!If there was a website that released distinctly retro styled games to play online or download them for free but only a small amount of the game was i…

    ... bottom. You program in Sinclair BASIC just like you would on ... , turtle graphics (by executing strings of BASIC code at runtime), bezier curves ... easy as coding in Sinclair BASIC, just shedloads faster. [i]Really ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2011 Chit chat
  • Assembly help: EQUCan anyone explain in duffers language the purpose of the EQU term in assembly? I found this info in another thread: EQU: Equate a name to a specif…

    ... /> ENDM

    MACRO fcat ; concatenate string
    defb 0x17

    This enables the OpenSE BASIC source code to use floating ...
    chev chev April 2011 Development
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... function using this BASIC "swift copy" technique to copy strings to/from ... (B$ right) respectively. Any real strings called A$ or B$ will ... by assignments to the dummy strings, as their locations will be ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... that, as well as simple strings, it is also possible to ... =30618]"storing machine code in BASIC"[/thread] from last August).
    BASIC"/regular BASIC timing comparison by writing a ... for copying free RAM as strings it took 8 seconds; using ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Jet Set Willy (AKA + more)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002589&loadpics=3"]Jet Set Willy[/URL] * JetSet Willy as per the loading screen. [img]http:…

    ... ]

    It uses very basic sorting at the moment; any ... splits the aliases into separate strings, among others.

    [quote ...
    mheide mheide April 2011 Infoseek database
  • Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…

    ... to repeat mode? Or you concatenate multiple tapes together? Or you ... null-terminated like the other strings in the block, though the ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak April 2011 Emulators
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