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  • 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
    Dunny Dunny August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Trouble compiling my BASIC programI've been trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle with no luck so far! I first tried MCoder 3 and it [i]seemed[/i] to compile the prog…

    ... fact that all the 22 strings I needed were exactly of ... multi-dim array that requires variable length strings to be handled during ... 't care about multi-dim strings). It was hanging up earlier ...
    Arjun Arjun January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Trouble compiling my BASIC programI've been trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle with no luck so far! I first tried MCoder 3 and it [i]seemed[/i] to compile the prog…

    ... multi-dim array that requires variable length strings to be handled during ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... with both numbers & strings and both the source & ...
    So, for example, variable names can be constructed at ... it wrong will give "Undefined variable" or "Invalid argument" or ... 23698

    ;Indirect Variable Assignment
    ;PRINT USR indirect ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2004 Emulators
  • 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…

    ...
    Character ruler for creating strings with perfect screen wrap
    variable.
    Token Table - shows a ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2005 Emulators
  • 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…

    ...
    Character ruler for creating strings with perfect screen wrap
    variable.
    Token Table - shows a ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... shared memory, and initialises a variable bl_ctrl to 1. It sleeps ... address spaces, so that the variable is not located in the ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm December 2009 Chit chat
  • 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$. Thus, ... [b]name[/b] of another variable, then:
    [b]LET ... assign the content of the variable named in v$.
    ... make the LH-side variable name in a LET statement ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... you to PEEK and POKE strings to memory banks (for very ... a major rewrite of the variable handling, so there may be ...
    Dunny Dunny December 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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:
    Dunny Dunny May 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm August 2011 Chit chat
  • 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 ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    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 once, you windows folks are at the bleeding edge :)

    Anyhoo, new features are few ...
    Dunny Dunny January 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…

    ... 't rely on state or variable information are interpreted at line ... /> Operators that can work on strings or numerics (+, =, , , > ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 …

    ...
    jp c,$1c2e ;"2 - Variable not found"

    inc ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... 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 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside June 2013 Development
  • 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 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…

    ... as well as a number variable in 2030
    320 LET ...
    RetroPhase2014 RetroPhase2014 December 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 :)
    alienbanana alienbanana January 2016 Development
  • 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 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... command

    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 ...
    Luzie Luzie May 2020 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... the input words to the strings in this array and then ...
    REM tokenparser sets index variable command
    GOSUB commandhandlers + command ...
    cyborg cyborg November 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. …

    This one will work for strings of any length, it scrolls ... /> [/code]

    The system variable 'SCR CT' is stored at ...
    Colin Williams Colin Williams April 2005 Sinclair Basic
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