Great Cow Basic is feature rich. And, yet it has some public functions and features that are not fully documented, as yet. They include:
Swap4
A function that swaps (or exchanges) nibbles (4-byte blocks).
SWAP
A function that swaps (or exchanges) one byte or word for another. SWAP support the use of byte and word variables.
ABS
A function that returns the absolute value of an integer number.
Average
A function that returns the average of two numbers. This only supports byte variables.
TRIM
A function the trims a string variable. This therefore removes spaces as the start and end of a string.
LTrim
A function the trims a string variable. This removes spaces as the start of a string.
RTrim
A function the trims a string variable. This removes spaces as the end of a string.
Gotchas:
Things that do not work as expected.
When using the functions STR() or HEX() do not leave space between the function call and the left brace. You will get a compiler error that is meaningless.
' use this, note this is no space between the STR and the left brace!
STR(number_variable)
' do not use, note the space!
STR (number_variable)
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Great Cow Basic is feature rich. And, yet it has some public functions and features that are not fully documented, as yet. They include:
Swap4
A function that swaps (or exchanges) nibbles (4-byte blocks).
SWAP
A function that swaps (or exchanges) one byte or word for another. SWAP support the use of byte and word variables.
ABS
A function that returns the absolute value of an integer number.
Average
A function that returns the average of two numbers. This only supports byte variables.
TRIM
A function the trims a string variable. This therefore removes spaces as the start and end of a string.
LTrim
A function the trims a string variable. This removes spaces as the start of a string.
RTrim
A function the trims a string variable. This removes spaces as the end of a string.
Gotchas:
Things that do not work as expected.
When using the functions STR() or HEX() do not leave space between the function call and the left brace. You will get a compiler error that is meaningless.
' use this, note this is no space between the STR and the left brace! STR(number_variable) ' do not use, note the space! STR (number_variable)Last edit: LionelXL 2023-04-27