FastBasic and PRINT #6

[pixelmischief]

How do I do POS and PRINT #6 in graphics 1+16?  It isn't working in FastBASIC.

 

EDIT:  Found it.  Comma instead of semi-colon.  GR. 1+16: PRINT #6,"HELLO"

Edited June 30, 2020 by pixelmischief

[dmsc]

Hi!

1 hour ago, pixelmischief said:

How do I do POS and PRINT #6 in graphics 1+16?  It isn't working in FastBASIC.

 

This program:

GR. 16+1
? #6, "#"
POS. 1, 1: ? #6,"HOLA"
POS. 2, 2: ? #6,"chao"

REPEAT
UNTIL KEY()

Produces this output:

 

 

There is a little incompatibility between FastBasic and Atari BASIC: in Fastbasic you always put a comma after the I/O channel, instead of the ";" in Atari BASIC, so the following are equivalent:

 

Atari BASIC:    

? #6,"A"   :  ? #6;"A"

 

FastBasic:    

? #6,,"A"  :  ? #6,"A"

 

The reason for the incompatibility is because I tough the Atari BASIC syntax was not very logical (as it is different than other I/O channel specs), and in the first versions also it was shorter to implement.

 

Have Fun!

 

[pixelmischief]

@dmsc You might want to merge the PRINT #ioch and plain old PRINT sections of your manual.  Or duplicate this particular tidbit in both places.  Having found the first PRINT statement reference, I didn't look for the second.  Found it by accident.

Edited June 30, 2020 by pixelmischief

[dmsc]

Hi!

2 minutes ago, pixelmischief said:

@dmsc You might want to merge the PRINT #ioch and plain old PRINT sections of your manual.  Or duplicate this particular tidbit in both places.  Having found the first PRINT statement reference, I didn't look for the second.  FOund it by accident.

Yes, I tried to group statements by use, so I separated the PRINT and INPUT to the console from the "PRINT #" and "INPUT #".

 

Do you think that adding a note "See the Device Input and Output Statements section for the PRINT # usage" (and the same at the INPUT) would work? Or perhaps "For the PRINT with I/O channel (PRINT #), see the Device Input and Output Statements section bellow" ?

 

Thanks!

[pixelmischief]

@dmsc Yeah.  That will work just fine.

[dmsc]

Hi!

1 hour ago, pixelmischief said:

@dmsc Yeah.  That will work just fine.

Done, see at https://github.com/dmsc/fastbasic/blob/master/manual.md#console-print-and-input-statements

 

Have Fun!

[pixelmischief]

1 minute ago, dmsc said:

Have Fun!

I am!  But more than that, thanks to you, I can MAKE fun!