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  • Can you improve this recursive DEF FN?I came up with this function to scan strings for characters without needing to use FOR...NEXT and IF...THEN, but it seems rather long-winded. Can any…

    ... ?

    Using:

    DEF FN w(w$,o$,c)=VAL ... (("FN w(w$,o$,c+1)" ... />
    with:

    w$(FN w(w$,o$,1))
    FN w(w$,o$,1)*100).
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • DEF FN DirectivesI am looking at using some machine code functions from the DK Graphics Pack. They are machine code but they are called via Basic with the function de…

    ... the function defined such as DEF FN g(x, y, p, q ...
    carlinski carlinski December 2007 Development
  • those darned recursive functions againI've been stuck on this one all evening. I want to dump out some memory in binary to debug a program. I've got a simple mod 2 division loop to do tha…

    ... ) I remembered Dr Beep's recursive DEF FN version, but in between I ... thought I'd write a DEF FN to do it ... and despite ... with:
    [code]
    100 DEF FN b$(n,s$)
    =s ... $+VAL$ (("FN b$(" + STR$ INT (n/2 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • BASin v.15 DEF FN bugThe bug would appear to be in "BASSupport.pas : Procedure ProcessDEFFN"; as it's not inserting the 6-byte variable place holder after each parameter …

    ... after each parameter in the DEF FN definition. There's code there ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2012 Emulators
  • Confounded DEF FNCan anyone see why this is going wrong? I've been tinkering with it since tea time and got nowhere. [code] 2 DEF FN t$(n,t,d) =STR$ INT (n/t)…

    ... nowhere.
    [code]
    2 DEF FN t$(n,t,d)
    +VAL$ (("FN t$("
    +STR$ (n-INT ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Fix for the DEF FN bug of zmakebasSome months ago I discovered a bug in zmakebas: it does not include the 5 bytes required after every parameter of a DEF FN. By the time, the WoS f…

    ... after every parameter of a DEF FN.

    By the time ...
    programandala.net programandala.net August 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC Bug: DEF FN after REMHello all, Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ad O'Hara, I wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when call…

    ... BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when called upon.

    [code]
    10 DEF FN a()=10
    20 PRINT ... :
    [code]
    10 REM : DEF FN a()=10
    20 PRINT ... ROM routine that looks for DEF FN, DATA and (oddly) NEXT appears ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2022 BASIC
  • A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…

    ... to assign them in a DEF FN statement. Space for these ... be automatically created within the DEF FN statement itself by the ... and used independently of any DEF FN statement, which allows quick ... can be done as a recursive DEF FN.

    Finally, knowing ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Compiling BasicI'm not good in compiling sinclair basic because i was 15 when i got my first spectrum, and it was the first computer i saw. I wasn't aware of compil…

    It might even be done with a recursive DEF FN. I need to think of the code however.

    Your program would be then

    instead LET A=VAL A$
    it will be LET A=FN V(A$)

    and a DEF FN V(A$)= .... in the begin of the prog.
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP January 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Compiling BasicI'm not good in compiling sinclair basic because i was 15 when i got my first spectrum, and it was the first computer i saw. I wasn't aware of compil…

    ... even be done with a recursive DEF FN. I need to think of ... (A$)

    and a DEF FN V(A$)= .... in the begin ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP January 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • INSTR function...Hi Folks, Another little program that people might find useful: [CODE]100 DIM i(4) 110 LET a$="This is some sample text" 120 LET b$="text" 130 GO S…

    Here's a recursive DEF FN INSTR one-liner, cunningly contrived ... it in a separate function "FN c(c,o$)" didn't ... work. I thought that maybe "DEF FN c()=c+LEN o$-1 ... .

    [code]
    4 DEF FN i(w$,o$,c)=
    VAL (("FN i(w$,o$,c+1 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Any ideas on how to solve this equation?If I have three numbers 10:A:B where A & B are equal +ve integers <10, what formula could I apply to pairs of numbers (A,10) or (10,B) such that the …

    ... try and develop a single recursive DEF FN which could do the ... " parameter in a nested FN b() to convert that result ... br />
    [code]
    DEF FN b(n,f,t)

    DEF FN n(n,f,t)=FN b(FN b(n,f ... really. It uses two DEF FNs rather than one but ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Development
  • INSTR function...Hi Folks, Another little program that people might find useful: [CODE]100 DIM i(4) 110 LET a$="This is some sample text" 120 LET b$="text" 130 GO S…

    LOL - thanks Crisis but I will stick with good old BASin. It delivers everything I need and I can live without recursive DEF FN. ;)

    Paddy
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman October 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • those darned recursive functions againI've been stuck on this one all evening. I want to dump out some memory in binary to debug a program. I've got a simple mod 2 division loop to do tha…

    ... .
    [code]
    100 DEF FN b$(n,b$)
    =("0 ... LEN b$)
    +VAL$ (("FN b$("+STR$ INT (n/2 ... as just 1E+9 but FN b$(999999999,"") prints the ... /> What I need is a recursive DEF FN visualisation utility, which can take ... to fix a broken DEF FN.
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • those darned recursive functions againI've been stuck on this one all evening. I want to dump out some memory in binary to debug a program. I've got a simple mod 2 division loop to do tha…

    ... /> What I need is a recursive DEF FN visualisation utility, which can take ... would be evaluated by the FN call as in the second ... easier to fix a broken DEF FN.[/QUOTE]
    Wouldn't it ... and generate an eye-bleeding DEF FN from it.
    JamesW JamesW March 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Confounded DEF FNCan anyone see why this is going wrong? I've been tinkering with it since tea time and got nowhere. [code] 2 DEF FN t$(n,t,d) =STR$ INT (n/t)…

    ... />
    To PS.
    The recursive DEF FN to format the time is ... it's being evaluated, the FN uses an extra 1kb of ... only way to stop a recursive string function.

    Taking ... , so Andrew's original non-recursive DEF FN was written assuming that the ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Writing faster BASICIn terms of structuring BASIC programs, what are the best ways allocate variables, functions, arrays? Any tips. I remember INPUT mag had some suggest…

    ... recursive DEF FNs are generally, often significantly, slower than the equivalent expanded DEF FN ... possible to expand a recursive DEF FN (eg. if the ... in having a longer DEF FN statement in the BASIC, ... describes how to calculate DEF FN memory usage. There's ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • quick RAM copy using LET in BASICI'm in the process of reviewing, revising and refining all the programming tips & utility routines which I've posted on this forum over the last eigh…

    ... in strings (eg. in a recursive DEF FN), use TXT2Emu's "{..}" codes; eg ... }; UDG A = {90} (or {A}); FN = {A8}.
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • New Functions for Sinclair BasicA total of 52 new functions can be added to Sinclair BASIC; 26 numeric functions (A-Z) and 26 string functions (A$-Z$). Owing to the internal structu…

    ... BASIC would be tortuously slow. Recursive functions are possible, but are ... ]FREE[/b]()
    [code]
    DEF FN F()=65536-USR 7962
    [code]
    DEF FN H$(n)=CHR$ (INT (n ... ]string1[/i])
    [code]
    DEF FN L$(l$)=CHR$ (CODE l ...
    chev chev November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    A 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 difficulties finding it out myself: does anyone have a good example? Thx.
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • fn bug in basin?Hi. I was just trying to make myself some functions in basin and when i tryed them, the progam stopped on call. So i've tryed this simple thing: 10 …

    ... simple thing:

    10 def fn a(x)=x*10
    20 print fn a(10)

    and ...
    rikokun rikokun September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • FN nesting error?While playing with FN functions that call assembly, I've found something weird. Check out this code: [code]10 DEF FN f(a,b)=a+b 20 PRINT FN f(FN f(…

    ... this code:
    [code]10 DEF FN f(a,b)=a+b ... , if I change the DEF FN to: DEF FN f(a,b)=a, the ... call.

    [code]10 DEF FN f(a,b)=a+b ...
    20 DEF FN g(a,b)=a+b ... !
    40 PRINT FN f(FN f(2,FN g(3,1)),4 ... !
    100 PRINT FN g(FN g(2,FN g(3,1)),4 ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2011 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…

    ... it to work?

    DEF FN j$(s,l)=CHR$ PEEK ... (s)+VAL$ "FN j$(s+1,l-1 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • SeBASIC Updated to version 3.2 by aowen...SeBASIC has just received an update!... Version 3.2 is now available, but it'll cost ya!... Its only $5 USD, and can be downloaded from here:…

    ...
    * Fixed a bug in DEF FN recursive functions (thanks to Miguel Jodar ... .
    * ZXC3 version excludes the DEF FN fix, and moves the cursor ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil November 2016 Announcements
  • QuickBASICQuickBASIC Emulation: Is it possible to declare and pass global variables throughout a program along with confine a local variable to just a module-…

    ... possible to built your own (recursive) PROCEDURE's in Spectrum BASIC ... .

    I used the DEF FN routine for it as stated ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP June 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... />
    How about those PowerFull DEF FN Statements?
    How far do ... go?

    fals: 10 DEF FN C$(z,y,x,item ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2005 Sinclair Basic
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