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Indirect Variable AssignmentHere's another wacky routine. This allows assignment of values to variables where the source & destination variables can themselves be defined in var…
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So, for example, variable names can be constructed at ... it wrong will give "Undefined variable" or "Invalid argument" or ... 23698
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SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…
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pop de ; unstack variable pointer
pop bc ; ... bit 6, c ; array of strings?
jr nz, sv_elem_str ; ... z, sv_slice ; jump back with slice
res 6, (iy ... c, sl_over ; treat negative slice as null string
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BASin Release 11 out nowBASin has been updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure! Get it at: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_r11.exe"]htt…
... or remove tokenised keywords from strings. ie, if you type " ... context menu, BASin now support variable inspector tooltips. Hover your mouse ... containing a description of the variable, and it's contents.< ... will help with creating long strings which need to wrap ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
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Character ruler for creating strings with perfect screen wrap
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ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
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Character ruler for creating strings with perfect screen wrap
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How do I know where my C compiler is putting my variable?Let me show you my code. I am writing a Z80 emulator (z80.c) which sets up a bit of shared memory for communication with another process. Well, I got…
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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…
... make the RH-side variable names in a LET ... statement be themselves variable by using VAL$. Thus, ... [b]name[/b] of another variable, then:
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For those that are interested: SpecBAS 0.0.601 available nowWith added bug fixes! This build allows you to PEEK and POKE strings to memory banks (for very fast movement of bytes in memory) and to send variable…
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SpecBAS 0.646 now available.Yay! Here's another round of bugfixes and additions to the Program. Not so much of the extract coding features, but more back-to-basics this time: […
... with floating point values in strings.
Editor marks - set a ... it into the specified string variable.
The ITEM function - returns ... .
Inline ascii characters in strings - represented by the # character:
Variable resistorI have a problem with my speakers - the treble is much much too quiet in comparison to the bass. Or you could say, the bass is much to loud for the r…
... mending this by putting a variable resistor on the wire that ...SpecBAS 0.718 Now AvailableHi Folks! After an appreciable delay, the latest and (dare I say it?) greatest SpecBAS update is now available. We're moving into modern times with …
... can hold both values and strings. How? Well, like this!< ... call procedures based on a variable's contents.
CALL ... These can be assigned to strings, with LET a$=STRUCT name ... value)].
Access structures in strings using a "." to separate member ...SpecBAS 0.724 Now available!Hi folks - Again, a new SpecBAS for you. Some stunning bugs made their way into the last one, so I had to get a new version out sharpish. And for o…
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Again, a new SpecBAS for you. Some stunning bugs made their way into the last one, so I had to get a new version out sharpish. And for once, you windows folks are at the bleeding edge :)
Anyhoo, new features are few ...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…
... 't rely on state or variable information are interpreted at line ... /> Operators that can work on strings or numerics (+, =, , , > ...SpecBAS 0.743 Now available!Hey Guys - SpecBAS has been updated again. A shedload of bugs have been fixed, and a couple of "just for fun" commands have been added! You all sa…
... in DIM with fixed-length strings
Fixed (Finally!) a bug ... brace is omitted in a variable subscript
Fixed a small ...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…
... index sizes
Spaces in variable names are accepted now, but ... with mixed fixed-length and variable length strings in a structure
multi-scroll m/c subroutine for BASICArising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. whe…
Arising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. where width isA 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…
... this idea, a similar variable space can be assigned ... DIMmed strings), the solution is another handy-dandy system variable DATADD ... for reference in its variable space after the function ... return", held in system variable ERR_SP. Evaluating that address ...A 128 Routine to Put Tokens in StringsI was writing a DEF FN on the +128k and decided that I'd had enough of not being able to put function tokens in strings without a great palaver and s…
... to put function tokens in strings without a great palaver and ... be inserted as lower case strings in the DATA line with ...SpecBAS 0.766 Now available!HI Folks! Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but with a one-year-old son I'm not getting much time these days - that will improve later, I'm su…
... - send text output to a variable (OUT var$), a stream (OUT ... run through. Also works for strings - FOR EACH n$ IN ["a ...Storing strings in minimum spaceIn the game I am planning there will be a number of text strings. I am looking into different ways of encoding the strings so that they use the minim…
... be a number of text strings. I am looking into different ... ways of encoding the strings so that they use the ...analysing program variable usageIf I wanted to count the number of times each variable is referenced while a program is running (not the number of times each variable is referenced …
... ) to indicate a new variable; otherwise, update the relevant ... pointing to that new variable, so any subsequent references ... to that variable before any other variables ... introduced for each subsequent new variable. However, that might be ...SpecBAS 0.830 Released!Hi guys - A new official release of SpecBAS has been released. The full changelog is below, but for now here's the download: [url]https://sites.goo…
... 35 times without needing a variable to keep count
Sorting ... /> A small bug in string slice assigns that caused a crash ...
Omitting a loop-control variable in FOR EACH caused the ...Chompston Mazes in SpecBASAfter the discussion in ASH-II's Pacman thread, I checked out the link there about generating 2D Pacman style mazes. This one was quite good fun, …
... to hold builder information... but strings can hold characters, and each ... maze sizes, we can use strings to hold the information temporarily ... in e$ in a new variable, d$. We then remove that ... the information stored in the strings directly to build the maze ...Variable sized tiles /tile routineHow would you do a variable sized tile routine where the tiles have position variables too? Thanks would be interested to learn :)
How would you do a variable sized tile routine where the tiles have position variables too?
Thanks would be interested to learn :)Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…
... USR calls. Refer to the "Strings" section in my compendium at ... which I use. The 'tint' variable indicates whether timings are to ...esxDOS v0.8.8 releasedFrom: http://board.esxdos.org/viewtopic.php?id=679 [quote] lordcoxis: esxDOS v0.8.8 has been officially released. Grab it at http://www.esxdos.o…
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Variable support in GO TO command ... .sercp, .scl2trd, .cal, .date, .strings
Changelog
variable support in GO TO command ... Added .cal, .date and .strings commands (UB880D)
[24/05 ...Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... the ROM to interpret PLAY strings for them.
[quote ... portion of the 1/50s slice.
