. My first thought would be that the x2 TYPE would be twice as big as the abc TYPE... instead, there are an extra 48 bytes in the x2 array type. And the number of extra bytes grows with the size of the child array. Where is the overhead in the x2 TYPE coming from... array descriptors, padding, combi...

. There are no negative integer literals. This is correct for C/C++. But, do we really have to do, the same *nonsense* in FB? MrSwiss, please do not misinterpret this. I am not making fun of you! Having watched the development of FreeBASIC for 15 years, I have always seen factions who want to change...

MrSwiss, maybe along the line of fxm's response... ========================================================================== ---------- [page] integer literal - cppreference.com http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/integer_literal ---------- [selection] There are no negative integer literals ....

. Sorry jj2007, but if you are concatenating, you are not using what is defined as a string builder. Your program, behind all of that concatenation, is doing allocates/deallocates of every string. For some odd reason, almost every major language vendor out there has implemented a native string build...

. jj2007, if all of the strings that you want to concatenate are already available as literals or in variables, then go ahead and get their lengths and allocate a buffer... just as you suggest. But that does not work if you have to concatenate many unknown strings being passed from other routines, r...

Paul, here's another one that's been messing with me for a long time: Version 1.5.9 64-bit... Working with multiple files/tabs... have a Find/Find-Replace dialog open... If you don't ... ... ... pause ... ... ... when clicking between file tabs - the tabs end up changing positions - just like you're...

I've never been able to find a pair of in-ear headphones that would fit me... they are always very uncomfortable. I've seen the "fitted" kind, but don't feel like paying $300+ for those. Over-the-ear are the only ones that I've ever found that I could wear for an extended amount of time - ...

Hmm... MrSwiss, I get your point, but I don't see a way to move it to General by myself. Maybe coderJeff or somebody can for me. And I actually am looking for opinions. When you get old and tired and half-broke; trying out 10 different headsets, in an attempt to find one you actually can wear and li...

Getting ready to take up gaming on Windows10 and wondering about the best wireless, over the ear, noise cancelling mic, gamer headset I can buy for $100 to $200?

Thanks sancho3... RSET buff_3, STR(i) is simple and works for me.

. format(n, "000") fills with zeros as documented and expected: format(3, "000") ==> "003" And the format(n, "###") documention says that it follows the same rules as the "000" format - but... format(3, "###") ==> "3" ==> not the ...

Hi Paul, A couple of things... Accidentally did a [Quick Run] and after that it continued to launch a CMD and run the program even though I was doing a [Rebuild All] or [Compile] - even after exiting WinFBE and restarting it. I don't remember what it was in the WinFBE.ini file - but when I diff'd it...

Thanks Josep! I never needed to use format() before - and I missed the dependency in the "Usage" section of the documentation.

. FreeBASIC Compiler - Version 1.06.0 (11-29-2017), built for win64 (64bit) Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (latest version) I'm getting an error when compiling code that uses FORMAT()... dim i as Integer = 1 ' Also tried as a Double. dim fmtstr as String fmtstr = format(i, "###") print fmtstr error...

' FYI coderJeff... SWEET converter code !!! . Everyone take note... I DON'T need an answer any more! [grin] I'm just responding to coderJeff here because he is unclear about what (or why) I was asking in the OP. Note: Most of the verbiage that I used was about "translating" digits between ...