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From: markr@garfield.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaBasic
Message-ID: <3806@garfield.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 20:56:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: garfield.3806
Posted: Sun Jul 19 20:56:44 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 20-Jul-87 04:36:01 EDT
References: <610@madvax.UUCP>
Organization: CS Dept., Memorial U. of Newfoundland, St. John's
Lines: 29
Keywords: Output 80 column, line continuation
Summary: Easy!

In article <610@madvax.UUCP>, davidlo@madvax.UUCP (David Lo) writes:
>    1) In running an AmigaBasic program, how can one output 80 column.
>       ( I think the default is 60 column )
    All you have to do is set prefrences to 80 column
 before going into AmigaBasic.

>    2) In editing a program in AmigaBasic, how does one do a line 
>       continuation.  (i.e. continuing the program line on the next 
>       physical line ).
    I don't know how or why you would want to do this one.
I can say that you may want a long IF command. If this is so look at
the examples of multi-line IF's in the book.

    While I am hear I would like to point out two major bugs in AmigaBasic.
   (1) END IF (SPACE) If you have any spaces after an END IF is is a
       SYNTAX ERROR!

   (2) This line will cause a SYSTEM ERROR!!
       a=a+1:print a:for r=1 to 10:
       Any line of code that ends with a ":" will cause major
       errors!

  And put a FIND AND REPLACE IN YOUR EDITOR!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,

 Joseph Robert Dawson
Sysop of BITSTOP, a ALL HOME MADE AMIGABASIC BBS!!!
1-(709)-753-0196