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Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic

Date 2018-09-06 07:21 +0100
From Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic
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In message <ccb2c964-220b-4cdd-b850-9fc36a4bc4b9@googlegroups.com>
 on 6 Sep 2018 svrsig  wrote:

> On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 8:56:14 PM UTC+1, John Williams (News) wrote:
> 
> I use the following code which avoids errors but uses numbers not strings:
>      70 : SYS "XOS_ReadVarVal","SatNav$AllowPlay",,-1 TO ,,allowplay%
>      80 : IF allowplay% THEN SYS "XOS_ReadVarVal","SatNav$AllowPlay",qbuf%,1
>            90 TO ,,,,r4%:IF ?qbuf%=ASC("1") THEN allowplay%=TRUE ELSE allowpl
>            ay%=FALSE

Safer to pass 3 in R4 on entry in case any of your users have set up the
variable as a macro.  With R4 set to zero, you'll be reading the macro
definition, not the value it would currently resolve to.

-- 
Matthew Phillips
Durham

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how to use a sysvar in Basic Jim Nagel <jimnewsm13c@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2018-09-04 16:20 +0100
  Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2018-09-04 18:00 +0100
    Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Jim Nagel <jimnewsm13c@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2018-09-04 18:54 +0100
      Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Julian Fry <julianfry@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2018-09-08 21:03 +0100
    Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Jim Nagel <jimnewsm13c@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2018-09-05 17:13 +0100
      Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-09-05 20:19 +0100
        Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2018-09-06 11:19 +0100
          Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-09-08 10:32 +0100
            Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2018-09-08 14:56 +0100
              Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2018-09-08 19:39 +0100
              Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-09-10 07:27 +0100
                Re: /  not  (OT) Jim Nagel <jnews18c@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2018-09-10 11:37 +0100
                Re: /  not  (OT) News <chrisjohnson@spamcop.net> - 2018-09-10 14:34 +0100
    Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2018-09-08 11:20 +0100
      Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2018-09-08 14:40 +0100
  Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2018-09-04 18:16 +0100
    Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2018-09-04 22:04 +0100
      Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-09-05 08:03 +0100
        Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2018-09-05 14:39 +0200
          Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-09-05 19:45 +0100
            Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2018-09-06 11:24 +0100
    Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2018-09-05 20:56 +0100
      Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic svrsig <chris@svrsig.org> - 2018-09-05 20:13 -0700
        Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-09-06 07:21 +0100
  Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic A. N. Other <ANOther@argonet.co.uk> - 2018-09-04 18:11 +0100
    Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Jim Nagel <jimnewsm13c@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2018-09-04 18:42 +0100
      Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2018-09-05 08:08 +0100
  Re: how to use a sysvar in Basic jgh@mdfs.net - 2018-09-06 17:12 -0700

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