Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!utegc!utai!garfield!markr 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