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BASIC OptimisationsOk, BASin is maturing fast and now I want to add some more special "stuff". A guy called Chris requested by email that I include a REM killer, to s…
Multiple print statements...
PRINT: PRINT : PRINT: PRINT
would become PRINT'''
Numbers ...
ie. You have a string A$="Anonymous1". All instances of ... -
BASIC OptimisationsOk, BASin is maturing fast and now I want to add some more special "stuff". A guy called Chris requested by email that I include a REM killer, to s…
For reading variables and string items you don't need ... .
PRINT "ABCD"(PI) will print "C"
PRINT "ABCD"(SQR PI ... ) will print "B"
PRINT A(PI ... -
ANN: ZXF issue 8 now available for downloadZXF is a free PDF magazine for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, which you can download from the ZXF website at [url="http://www.cwoodcock.co.uk/zxf"]www.cwo…
Anyone actually print these out?
I` ... blocks, i.e. BlueTack, Cellotape, String, and the back of a ... -
IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... PChar with a routine to print a Char row with clipping ... speed things up.
Vertically is more tricky as you ... -
IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... CALL PChar
; Only print a 3rd column if moving ... /> RET Z
; Print 3rd column, checking for wrapping ... RET
; WCHAR
; Vertically wrap char , i.e. if ... -
IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... CALL WrapCharVertically
; Print next char and move to ... CALL WrapCharVertically
; print the last blank char
; WrapCharVertically
; Vertically wrap char , i.e. if ... -
Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…
... to you. How can I print the speech quotes when they ... speak?[/quote]
PRINT """"
[quote]I want ... should be parsing the input string into a series of tokens ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... of screen (horizontal):
print 0, (32-len s$)/2 ... as applicable. s$ is the string you want to display.
How do I save?I've made a HUGE text adventure with lots of collectables and lots of locations, but how can I get the user to save their game to tape if they need t…
... easier to set up a string array for the player's ... at a time
10 PRINT "You are carrying"
20 ... ) = VAL D$ THEN READ D$: PRINT D$
50 IF VAL ...Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
... uses run-times. So one PRINT command would take 100s of ... two PRINT commands would take 100s of bytes + the second string and ... the day it compiles a PRINT statement to a (possible) load ... calculations and then CALLs the PRINT routine.
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Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers
... some code that'll print an entire string using the method I ...Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... =255-IN 65022
20 PRINT AT 0,0;A
string result.
Each of the ... a ?$? if it is of string type. A user-defined function ... =FN A(N)
40 PRINT ?THE CUBE OF(space)?;N ...Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
... uses run-times. So one PRINT command would take 100s of ... two PRINT commands would take 100s of bytes + the second string and ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... use the sprite engine to print scores, for example. But I ... to be rotated horizontally or vertically before this extra column/row ...+3e file manager program/projectFirstly let's get one thing sorted. This program/project is written entirely in basic, as I am a lamo who doesnt know enough M/C. It really Is'nt th…
... in basic to make it print this message as normal, but ... a way of checking the string is correct before I send ...+3e file manager program/projectFirstly let's get one thing sorted. This program/project is written entirely in basic, as I am a lamo who doesnt know enough M/C. It really Is'nt th…
... in basic to make it print this message as normal, but ... a way of checking the string is correct before I send ...+3e file manager program/projectFirstly let's get one thing sorted. This program/project is written entirely in basic, as I am a lamo who doesnt know enough M/C. It really Is'nt th…
... send the output to a string array, which is easier to ... #3,l[/B]
[B]PRINT a$( TO l)[/B]
string into the variable [B]l ... you can manipulate the string using standard string-splicing techniques.
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... the text "TO" in a string. Programs saved with tokenised characters ...Calling ROM routinesFirstly, sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in, but I wasn?t quite sure under which heading is best fitted. I?m trying to figure out how…
... from BASIC with a PRINT USR, it should print the address of ... the mangled byte indicating a string variable?
Edit: Ah ... have to actually store the string "A$" in the two bytes ... the location of the A$ string.
:-)z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... 't work :( I want to print "Test" to location 5,5 ... a scan conversion in the string. If you try this:
puts_cons is a lower level string print routine that does not do ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... . printf has to scan the string for the %c, %s, %d ... but puts_cons just pushes the string to the screen without any ... uninterpretted character, puts_cons to print a string and getk to read the ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... into the screen or print them from a string. I wrote a ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... did some basic stuff like string manipulation, base conversion and so ... c$ = "Hello World!"
20 PRINT c$
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string datatypes. Kids just don't ...Recursive functionsA while ago Phil demonstrated a nice example of recursiveness in a DEF FN function. Sadly it doesn't appear to be online anymore and I have difficult…
... =6-s-e
1020 print s;">";e
1030 ... function, resulting in a printable string with the moves (in the ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... () function is meant to print composite tiles or even entire ... supports byte commands within a string to move cursors up, down ... be created by making a string printing the udgs, moving ... bounding box and can only print at character boundaries.
...Spectrum Basic InterpreterHello. I started this days a strange project: an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a Spectrum. Here is a very preliminar version: […
basizx update:
String slicing in expressions complete (still ... omitted and ? is replaced by PRINT. This a feature of the ...RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... you'll only have two print routines, one for left, one ... could be changed to one print routine and a mask selected ... print routine) but rather than streams is picked up the string from ...
