Using SDEC with DEBUG

[basicstampede]

' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}

number VAR Byte(10)
number(9) = 0
i VAR Word
FOR i=0 TO 8
DEBUG "Enter a number", CR
DEBUGIN SDEC number(i)
NEXT
FOR i=0 TO 8
DEBUG "number(", DEC i, ") is ", SDEC number(i), " in SDEC format", CR
NEXT

END

For the numbers, I entered -1, -2, -3, ...-9.
I was expecting to see the same negative numbers shown with last debug statement.
However, it gave instead 255, 254, 253,...248.

I want to see the negative number I typed.·

What is my mistake in coding?

Thanks.

[Newzed]

Change

DEBUG "number(", DEC i, ") is ", SDEC number(i), " in SDEC format", CR

to

DEBUG "number(", DEC i, ") is ", SDEC number(i)-256, " in SDEC format", CR

and see what happens.· Also. change the SDEC in debugin to DEC.

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[Newzed]

Correction:· Leave the SDEC in DEBUGIN.

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