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Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string

From "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string
Date 2012-08-01 07:27 +0000
Organization APDL
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On 31-Jul-2012, Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> wrote:

> There are libraries available, but if you are doing it yourself, in
> essence you need to DIM a block of memory of suitable length, and
> then access the data using the $indirection operator. If you need
> more details give a shout.

You are still limited to 255 characters if you use the $ indirection
operator. You need to use ? to access individual characters.

Forget 'string', it's just a collection of bytes.

-- 
David Holden  -  APDL  -  <http://www.apdl.co.uk>

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Over 256 Character BASIC string Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2012-07-31 16:48 +0100
  Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-07-31 19:22 +0100
    Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-08-01 07:27 +0000
      Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-08-01 10:52 +0100
    Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2012-08-01 19:17 +0100
      Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk - 2012-08-01 20:41 -0700
      Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-08-02 10:39 +0100
        Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2012-08-04 18:56 +0100
          Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2012-08-04 19:56 +0100
            Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2012-08-08 15:04 +0100
              Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk (Jonathan Graham Harston) - 2012-08-08 23:15 +0100
                Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2012-08-09 15:14 +0100
      Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Gavin Wraith <gavin@wra1th.plus.com> - 2012-08-02 18:35 +0100
        Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2012-08-04 18:58 +0100
      Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2012-08-03 10:37 +0100
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          Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> - 2012-08-13 19:19 +0100
  Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-07-31 22:20 +0100
  Re: Over 256 Character BASIC string Duncan Moore <duncan.moore@gmx.com> - 2012-08-03 02:11 -0700

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