Why this won't compile

[Harley Burton]

I got this bit of code and it won't compile. It shows me that there are unbalanced brackets. I don't know why it won't compile. Can anyone tell me what's wrong?

' Define segment patterns for 0-9 digits
DIM DigitPatterns(9) AS BYTE[8] = [ _
&B00111111,
&B00000110,
&B01011011,
&B01001111,
&B01100110,
&B01101101,
&B01111101,
&B00000111,
&B01111111,
&B01101111
]

Thanks,

Harley

[Anobium]

Hello Harley,

See https://gcbasic.sourceforge.io/help/_lcdcreatechar.html to create a custom character that uses the array construct.

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' Define segment patterns for 0-9 digits
DIM DigitPatterns(9) AS BYTE[8] = [ _
&B00111111,
&B00000110,
&B01011011,
&B01001111,
&B01100110,
&B01101101,
&B01111101,
&B00000111,
&B01111111,
&B01101111
]

 'Create an array to store the character until it is copied
    Dim CharArray(8)

    'Set the array to hold the character
    'Binary has been used to improve the readability of the code, but is not essential
    CharArray(1) = b'00011011'
    CharArray(2) = b'00011011'
    CharArray(3) = b'00000000'
    CharArray(4) = b'00000100'
    CharArray(5) = b'00000000'
    CharArray(6) = b'00010001'
    CharArray(7) = b'00010001'
    CharArray(8) = b'00001110'

    'Copy the character from the array to the LCD
    LCDCreateChar 0, CharArray()

    'Draw the custom character
    LCDWriteChar 0

Another way ... and, there may be more ways . :-)

Dim CharArray(10) as Byte
    CharArray = 0B00111111, 0B00000110, 0B01011011, 0B01001111, 0B01100110, 0B01101101, 0B01111101, 0B00000111, 0B01111111, 0B01101111 

[Anobium]

Another way.... looks more like the original...

Dim CharArray(10) as Byte:  CharArray = _
    0B00111111, _
    0B00000110, _
    0B01011011, _
    0B01001111, _
    0B01100110, _
    0B01101101, _
    0B01111101, _
    0B00000111, _
    0B01111111, _
    0B01101111

Porting from another language can be challenging. :-)