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  • saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …

    ... original version (about 1kb). To save space the m/code is now ... finishes.

    The empty string DATA item is so that ... /> 9991 GO SUB VAL "9992": GO TO VAL "9991": DATA "","01234567891234567 ... )
    9994 DIM f$(VAL "10"): INPUT "SAVE ";(la);" to ";(lz);" ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …

    ... a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent ... by stuff like:

    val "12345" instead of plain 12345 ... like

    let x = val "12345" or stuff like
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Numeric arrays: floating point or integer?I've just started programming a game in Sinclair BASIC (see the thread 'UFO Defence Command' in game ideas, although I'm going to call it ZXCOM ;) ).…

    ... the variables, which include two string arrays for the names of ... use integers whenever possible to save space, but it's been so ...
    Payndz Payndz September 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …

    ... a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent ... by stuff like:

    val "12345" instead of plain 12345 ... as an ASCII representation. Using VAL "" instead of just means you ... use three bytes (for VAL and two quotes) rather than ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... there is just an empty 'string'.
    Also, if you use ... 1 line
    you can save space (and speed)
    PRINT "TEST ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2003 Games
  • BASin Release 10 releasedHi all, A quick note to let you know that BASin_r10 is out as of now. I've gone off on something of a tangent now with BASin, it's more like what …

    ... compatible? Use ROM routines (and save space) or hard code the maths ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2004 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... to H
    IN 32766 SPACE to B

    * Reading ... . Sometimes you can save a couple of bytes using VAL "n" or ... : Being a one indicates no space to be printed before the ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…

    ... about a feature to save space by applying VAL tricks?

    Nicely ...
    jp jp January 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... can save coding space by flattening the array to a simple string. ... n), saving further space. Net space saved by flattening string array - something ... of the maze string to itself, saving space defined at the ... 12x10 in this version to save space.

    No ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn July 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... , scans "move database string" repeatedly setting 'z' ... variable NSPPC, simply to save space
    o
    ... string consists of board positions, compressed into single ASCII characters to save space ... .
    The search on this string simultaneously ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn September 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... ' had to be elminated to save space.

    I have to ... space.

    OK, we'll correct it as per the string ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn October 2007 Development
  • Renumbering routinesI sometimes modify programs that either I or others have written and sensibly renumber them - usually 10/10, to make future alterations easier and ma…

    ... [/url], both of which handle SAVE ... LINE; the ones by Kenneth ... Homer. They don't handle VAL "" though. Even the renumber routine ... Your Spectrum doesn't handle VAL "" numbers, probably because it's ... , not a literal, and a VAL string might hold more than just ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…

    ... PI:PAPER NOT PI:CLEAR VAL "24569": POKE 23739,CODE " ... FOR i=SGN PI TO VAL "8":OUT 32765, i: ... I
    3 RANDOMIZE USR VAL"24570"
    [/CODE]
    < ... the number 23749 into a VAL string as well. On some disk ... it when not needed to save three bytes of memory. On ...
    Speccyman Speccyman August 2010 Development
  • Create a new microdrive cartridge image formatHi there, I'm working to emulate the IF1+Microdrives in JSpeccy.I've found what the "classic" MDR format ins't capable to store all the required inf…

    ... 4 bytes)
    [b]STRING[/b] -> UTF-8 ... i]Creator Text[/i] ([b]STRING[/b] of [i]Creator Length ... i]Description Text[/i] ([b]STRING[/b] of [i]Description Length ... i]Comments Text[/i] ([b]STRING[/b] of [i]Comments Length ... in 0xef port). To save space, the [i]Gap[/i ...
    zx81 zx81 December 2011 Emulators
  • DATA vs PRINT and OVERjust messing about and came across this alternative way of drawing a map....now before I start mucking about with my actual program.....is there any …

    ... this when I wanted to save space by decoding a hex dump ... treat the DATA as a string the map could be referenced ... I guess just using a string array for the maze would ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ...

    ; THE 'VAL' AND 'VAL$' FUNCTION
    org 0x3623
    VAL, reset for VAL$
    sbc a, a ... ; bit 6 set for VAL, reset for VAL$
    push af ; ... /> ld (de), a ; put string in space

    org 0x36a6
    chev chev October 2013 Development
  • ZX81 Character SetHello, hope I don't offend anyone with my request. I've put together a program on my Amstrad that redefines a condensed text and displays it appropri…

    ... Embed the data into a string variable, this is slightly more ... but the address of the string changes as the program runs ... need to work with character/string variables instead. Ideally you'd ... quite tightly into bytes to save space, but this would obviously slow ...
    GReW GReW December 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…

    ... they're mostly just to save space, although they do slow down ... . The "DEF FN z(r$)=VAL "8800" ... GO SUB FN z ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny June 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... include a REM killer, to save space in large programs (and increase ... of any optimisation techniques or space savers please post them?
    Dunny Dunny June 2004 Development
  • OT: Please recommend a graphics viewerI'm looking for a graphics viewer to use to view the jpg files that make up the magazine scans (Crash, Your Spectrum, Sinclair User, etc). There are …

    ... as the jpg files (to save space on my PC's hard ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…

    ... plot routines from ROM3 (to save space unless i don't need ... take up a lot of space if i need to link ...
    rbsfou rbsfou January 2007 Development
  • Which packer is the best?Hello folks, we are currently preparing an update to our Disk-Magazine SCENE+. However, looks like more and more coder groups in the Spectrum-Scene d…

    ... products anymore. In order to save space on disk and also to ...
    Speccyman Speccyman March 2008 Development
  • Nibble SwapHi, I want to swap around the nibbles in a byte pointed to by the IX reg, this works: [CODE] LD A,(IX+5) AND %11110000 RRA …

    ... it? I'm tryign to save space rather than speed it up ...
    spud spud October 2010 Development
  • Slight PlusD Mini problemsI'm advancing rapidly now on the PlusD Mini: [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/20130330_104705.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://benophetinternet…

    ... signal from adress lines, to save space instead of using a 74LS27 ...
    bverstee bverstee March 2013 Hardware
  • RCS HelpThis plea for HELP is related to the RCS screen handling routines thread. To further save space in the current crop of routines its looking like the …

    ... handling routines thread. To further save space in the current crop of ...
    jamorski jamorski September 2013 Development
  • XBox Games with Gold extendedIt's just a conspiracy to sell USB drives! Here's a list of the games released so far: Fable III Defense Grid Assassin's Creed II Crackdown Dead Ri…

    ... III - meh, deleted this to save space, dull combat and gameplay
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter October 2013 Chit chat
  • Speccy & ZX81 on an LED MonitorI've been upgrading my Sinclair kit to Composite output, and they both work pretty well now - the Zed better than the Speccy if I'm honest. I want t…

    ... use a flat panel to save space. My A1200 has an Indivision ...
    Wiffleplop Wiffleplop July 2014 Hardware
  • Help with an android tablet, please.I don't know anything about android tablets, so I'd appreciate some advice, please. A friend of a friend's android tablet is running out of storag…

    ... is running out of storage space, and I was asked to ... clear some space on it. I don't ... /> I've cleared as much space as I can from the ... what to manually delete to save space?

    I don't ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2016 Chit chat
  • Missing in Copright List?Is there any list available covering all games that WOS have had to remove from the archive due to copyright issues (like the titles from Codemasters…

    ... early 70s stories too) to save space in the BBC archives. These ...
    Anonymous Anonymous August 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …

    ... z80 asm in order to save space. I do think you could ...
    Anonymous Anonymous October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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