A CSV file can be read be read using GET # in the standard way, provided none of the fields are likely to contain carriage return line breaks, as the I/O routines don't recognise that these are not meant to be end-of-line indicators. Also note that in Italian CSV files, commas are used to indicate d...

You can also declare the lower bound of an array as non-zero, and the compiler will adjust (unlike C). For example

Thinking around the issue of converting existing code, I suppose that code that depends on the existing STRING*n construct would proabaly work by changing DIMs to ZSTRING*n most of the time. Yes, but the compatibility that exists between a STRING*N and a STRING no longer exists between a ZSTRING*N ...

Thinking around the issue of converting existing code, I suppose that code that depends on the existing STRING*n construct would proabaly work by changing DIMs to ZSTRING*n most of the time.

I remember back in the day, in some versions of BASIC, people used to store binary data in strings. Sure, we have workarounds for that, but maybe it needs to be thought about.

To change STRING* at this stage is probably going to break a lot of code, although the change you suggest will make it easier to convert QBASIC / GWBASIC programs to Freebasic. I suggest:- * Have a new string type (FSTRING*?) which behaves in the way you describe * Rename the eixisting one (CSTRING*...

Where would I find findfirstfile/findnextfile ? And yes it could be a Unicode character mixed in with the filename. I got this file from a friend in Europe and English is not his first language. I looked at the characters in the filename and it was an embedded zero byte in the middle of the filenam...

You could try using findfirstfile/findnextfile variants instead of DIR.

You have the same problem with pocket calculators; the more sophisticated ones get round it by holding your intermediate result as an (improper) fraction. Try doing 1/3+1/3+1/3 on older calculators and you will get 0.999999. A modern one will have internally calculated 3/3 and will give you the corr...

Randomize timer uses the current value of the timer to set the rnd function going. Depends on how your chosen ransomizer works, but you should be able to generate the same numbers over and over by randomize with a defined value - either a constant or a value you key in. Suggest you try it and see wi...

I seem to remember that I discovered the length is in the qword before the pointer which you get back. Don't think this is publicised anywhere You could test fairly easily whether this is the case.

Can't remember the details, but INPUT has its own keboard map similar to the old DOS maps, so only allows 256 character set. I believe you can change it, but I can't rememeber how, and not for standard Chinese. You probably need to go to Windows or FLTK. Sorry, it's not a problem I've pursued in any...

What about versions 1.11 to 1.19?

Reminds me of a spoof ad for Sinclair Z80 machine, saying you could use it for some purpose I now forget, but with the comment "Requires 16,000 1K RAM packs". Afaik z80 memory above 64k requires bankswitching on the address bus pins, and that is rarely automatically done in-compiler afaik...

Reminds me of a spoof ad for Sinclair Z80 machine, saying you could use it for some purpose I now forget, but with the comment "Requires 16,000 1K RAM packs".