Splitting Word variables into bytes etc.

[Mauried]

I know that Gbasic can split a word variable into 2 byte variables by appending _h to the high variable, but does the reverse work .
ie.
Dim A1 as word
A1_h=1
A1=1

Will this make A1 = 257.

[Hugh Considine]

That will work if you set A1 first, then A1_H. When you set A1 to 1, A1_H will be cleared.

Another way to do that is to use an alias:

Dim A1 As Word Alias A1Low, A1High
A1High = 1
A1Low = 1

That would make A1 = 257 too, and would avoid the unnecessary clearing of the high byte that occurs without the alias.

[Mauried]

Fantastic.
Thats what I need.
Thanks