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  • BASIC: Find the nearestHello guys) A few days ago I found oldie ?Jeux et casse-tete a Programmer? by Jacques Arsac (Paris?85) and suggested my nephew to try a few in Basic…

    ... solved via
    a) bruteforce dim A/B scanning, e.g ...
    NRA NRA January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • problem with RND (or maybe INT)I'm using this statement: LET m=(INT (RND*sn)+k1)*k2-k1 to give a pointer m to a 2-byte segment of a string l$. Items k1 & k2 are integer constants…

    ... 2-byte segment of a string l$. Items k1 & k2 ... number of segments in the string (ie. half the length of ... the string).

    If I run ... within the bounds of the string?
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Undefine functionHere's a routine to selectively remove variables from the VARS area and reclaim the space. This can be done partially from BASIC already by assigning…

    ... a null value to a string or re-DIMing an ... undefined
    jr z,STRARR ;string or any array
    < ... /> jr CHKNXT

    ;string or any array
    STRARR ... b,(hl) ;BC=length of string or any array
    ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…

    Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how easy it actually is. (Actually I've already published this one some time ago, but this time the source is ...
    Timmy Timmy January 2012 Development
  • SpecBAS 0.726 Now available!Ok folks - After Piez rather naughtily announced his new bleeding-edge linux build of SpecBAS, I couldn't let Windows users miss out, so here it is…

    ... graphic bank or a graphic-string as a mouse pointer. You ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…

    ... . The method is to assign DIM a$() at the start of ... than "GO TO 9161". The DIM a$() is set as n ... SUB 9164: INPUT "New ";n: DIM a$(n-32): LET nv ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • New game from Retroworks...soon!Very soon You will be able to play it again...the adventure is back! "... The dim light in the hall didn't let you see which melody was it; so you l…

    ... is back!

    "... The dim light in the hall didn ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx January 2012 Brand new software
  • Google Chrome tip for searching InfoseekIf you are the sorts who searches Infoseek often for a game (for the Cryptic clues game thread maybe?), and find the 2 step process of going to the i…

    ... sets up the URL query string for the most popular sites ...
    Arjun Arjun February 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecBAS 0.730 Now available!Well, I felt I should release SpecBAS as it is right now - my new son has been born (this one survived! \o/ ) and when he comes home I'll have very l…

    ... ] sets a graphic (as a string or a graphic bank) as ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BOB the Screen BuilderHere's my first attempt to use that tokenising idea from "more on storing mazes" in a screen designer - "[url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27p…

    ... encoded as a single DATA string with a mixture of printable ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • editing strings with INPUT LINEHere's the latest in my unpredictable series of utility routines. This one I needed for the SAGE game editor; it emulates INPUT LINE l$ but with the …

    ... the normal action. Any simple string can be used; just POKE ... $ contains the name of the string).

    The vertical cursor ... /> res 6,(iy+$37) ;FLAGX: "string result"
    set 5,(iy ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • stuck on recursive functionI want this function to PEEK 'l' bytes from memory starting at 's' and return them as a string, but however much I fiddle about with quoting and pare…

    ... ' and return them as a string, but however much I fiddle ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Sigmund Freud Pervert of Genius?On and off I sumble across the work of Sigmund Freud, and can't help thinking he was nothing more than seriously perverse. One such example he descr…

    ... his other theories have a string perverse taint to them.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk April 2012 Chit chat
  • INPUT LINE and STOP in INPUTWhat was the reason for the ROM Editor routine causing "down arrow" while in an INPUT LINE to cause the "H STOP in INPUT" error report? Why doesn't i…

    ... the Input buffer into a string variable so I didn't ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Screen2StringFurther to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect CAT to a string I thought that I'd do a general redirection routine for anything which normally p…

    ... bytes being occupied by the string definition, pointer & machine ... redirection with an empty string; GO SUB 22 stops ... br /> REM sa=string address; sl=string length; sd=DEFADD pointer ... RETURN
    REM update string definition
    21 LET sl ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Open and read a file using +3DOS in MCForgive me if this has been asked and answered before, I've spent a fair few hours searching the forums and looking for books on the subject, all wit…

    ... the filename correctly (FF terminated string, case insensitive) by putting a ...
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay May 2012 Development
  • number padding functionI wrote a number padding function in BASIC a while ago, but when I came to want it again I couldn't find it, so I've done this enhanced [url=http://w…

    ... get USR to return a string rather than a number. The ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • OpenSE BASIC 3.1.1The eagle-eyed will have noticed that [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]SE BASIC[/url] got an update last week. As a te…

    ... 16-bit decimal to a string in hex format).

    chev chev May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • SUPER INPUTA couple days ago I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple lines, but I found none. Thus…

    ... I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas June 2012 Development
  • Is it me, or is Sky Drive a fiddly bit of annoying rubbish?I shot a string of short movie clips today on my nokia lumia phone, all between 3 and 30 seconds long. Want to drag and drop the clips into my usual…

    I shot a string of short movie clips today ...
    thx1138 thx1138 July 2012 Chit chat
  • Impossible MissionHello, chaps. Having never played IM before, I gave it a bash last night. Figured out all the panel controls etc, and collected about 10 puzzle pie…

    ... if talking to a particularly dim 5-year-old?

    Vertigo Vertigo July 2012 Games
  • dungeon crawlerHi. I'm toying with idea of making simple dungeon crawler in spectrum basic and i actually got first version working somehow. [IMG]http://watashi.ic.…

    ... of fifteen empty spaces long string over the area and that ...
    rikokun rikokun July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Searching for a kids book - water leak, animal plumbers, picklesAs usual when I'm bored I tend to try and find stuff I read/saw in the dim, distant past :-D I'm trying to find a book I read in (I think) the mid-8…

    ... I read/saw in the dim, distant past :-D

    Maroc's Astral Projection Maroc's Astral Projection July 2012 Chit chat
  • SpecBAS 0.747 Now available!Hiya folks - it's update time again! SpecBAS has had a load of new fixes, as well as some new additions! Firstly, as you all wanted it, SpecBAS can…

    ... /> CONST optimisations to commonly used string operations - variable lookups will now ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Developing apps for ZX Spectrum with SDCCDue to troubles with makebin utility which always starts coversion at memory address 0x0000 and can only produce binaries < 32KB, it can't be used to…

    Due to troubles with makebin utility which always starts coversion at memory address 0x0000 and can only produce binaries < 32KB, it can't be used to create ZX Spectrum programs with SDCC. I present [B]makezxbin[/B] utility (see chapter 4. bellow) and ...
    tstih tstih July 2012 Development
  • specy not working help pleaseHi dont know if this is the right place to ask but if anyone could help or direct me to the right place I would be most greatfull. bought a specy 48k…

    ... like interference you get a dim border the center is scrambled ...
    nick789uk nick789uk August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecBAS 0.752 Now available!Ok, after the heroic efforts of ASH-II and Galileo finding as many bugs as they can, the result is a more stable and capable interpreter! Here's wha…

    ... in their delta calculations
    DIM no longer accepts negative index ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • INKEY$ giving me troubleHello, I have been using BASin (great program by the way...) Sad though it seems during the typhoon here I have been re-learning my spec-skills an…

    ... /> 10 DIM A(12): DIM B(12): DIM C(12): DIM E(12): DIM F ... (12)
    15 DIM ... S(12): DIM ... J(12): DIM ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …

    Hi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place.

    Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am making good progress.

    Reading the book ZX Spectrum Games Master. Its a great start ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • How much memory on sprites, maps etc.I've been tinkering with shifting & pre-shifting sprites recently, but as I haven't had that much experience with Z80 assembly I sometimes find it ha…

    ... long is a piece of string' question, but I'd be ...
    Morkin Morkin September 2012 Development
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