#267 string indexing not working on constants

[Otter]

Why constants made by string literals can't be indexed by []?

CONST KEY_UP = CHR(255) + CHR(72)
DIM CH AS STRING
CH = KEY_UP[1]

it is ”expecting end of line” on line 3.

[Otter]

Oh gosh, have to get along that formatting....
i mean key_up indexed №1 by brackets

[dkl]

• Description has changed:

Diff:

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+++ new
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-Why constants made by string literals can't be indexed by []?
+Why constants made by string literals can't be indexed by \[\]?

-CONST KEY_UP = CHR(255) + CHR(72)
-DIM CH AS STRING
-CH = KEY_UP[1]
+   CONST KEY_UP = CHR(255) + CHR(72)
+   DIM CH AS STRING
+   CH = KEY_UP[1]
+
 it is ”expecting end of line” on line 3.

[dkl]

It looks like string indexing does not work on string constants currently. I think it could be added, as long as the index expression is constant aswell.

[Otter]

Gee thanks now know.

[dkl]

Ticket moved from /p/fbc/bugs/633/

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• _component: compiler