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I decided, instead of building an array of
information for the formation of the characters,
I would place it all in one string. (B$ in the
program below). I could then extract the
information using ‘VAL’ and ‘MID$’ functions. In
order to run the program continuously, the ‘L’
‘for-next’ loop was also added. I also took the
opportunity to change the matrix layout to 5x7.
Once again, it was producing a number clearly
and reasonably quickly, but there still remained
one main problem. I would always need to print
more than one number at a time. Up to seven
would be ideal, though there is room for eight!
A reasonably simple task in the usual run of
things, but I still wanted to keep the program
as a one-liner! so; I changed the input
statement to a string, x$, and calculated the
length of the input-number string. Then I added
an additional loop (FOR NEXT t) to print each
number’s 7th part formation across the screen.
once again, I extracted the information using
TRS8BIT
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volume 07 Issue 01 - March 2013
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