FTEST(a$) should return 0 if a$ is the name of an existing file that
can be opened or the name of a directory, but should return a
negative number otherwise. I was surprised to see that the following
program produced 0 instead of -7.
1000 DIM k$(40)
1010 k$=win_j
1020 PRINT FTEST(k$(1 TO
George Gwilt schreef:
FTEST(a$) should return 0 if a$ is the name of an existing file that
can be opened or the name of a directory, but should return a
negative number otherwise. I was surprised to see that the following
program produced 0 instead of -7.
1000 DIM k$(40)
1010
I don't think that this is necessarily a problem with FTEST, but more to
do with the different way in which dimensioned strings are handled (see my
SBASIC/SuperBASIC Reference Manual!!)
You have to be so careful due to the variations in the different
implementations of SuperBASIC/
On most
On 28 Aug 2006 at 14:43, George Gwilt wrote:
FTEST(a$) should return 0 if a$ is the name of an existing file that
can be opened or the name of a directory, but should return a
negative number otherwise. I was surprised to see that the following
program produced 0 instead of -7.
1000
Yes, I've 2 small basic procedures just for that, too - the first one reads
the defauts, stores them and sets them to and the seconed later resets
them to what they were. (And yes, I know that this is fraught with danger if
the first one gets called twice by successive progs before the
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gwicks schreef:
The Just Words! web site has been completely rewritten and is available for
your inspection.
When you enter the site you are given a choice of 4 pages:
Downloads speaks for itself.
Dictionaries allows you to download any of the Just Words! range of QTYP
dictionaries.
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:05:49 +0100, François Van Emelen
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gwicks schreef:
The Just Words! web site has been completely rewritten and is available
for
your inspection.
When you enter the site you are given a choice of 4 pages:
Downloads speaks for itself.
George Gwilt wrote:
FTEST(a$) should return 0 if a$ is the name of an existing file that
can be opened or the name of a directory, but should return a
negative number otherwise. I was surprised to see that the following
program produced 0 instead of -7.
1000 DIM k$(40)
1010 k$=win_j
