BS2pe-How to make the LCD display a variable?

nowhateve

I am really new to the basic stamp.
According to the Reference Manual, it seems that the LCD only displays fixed values, such as LCDOUT [noparse][[/noparse]"Hello World!"]
Is it possible for the LCD to show a variable. Like LCDOUT[noparse][[/noparse]B1] (B1 is a variable. B1=B1-1 after each loop...)
I dont know how to achieve that.

Thank you for your help!!!

Carl Hayes

Sure. Where you might put "Hello World!", put the name of your variable instead. That variable must, of course, contain somethibg displayable, else the screen will look strange. In either case, you're simply telling the Stamp what bytes to send to the LCD. Whether those bytes are a fixed string like "Happy Thanksgiving" or are variables, the LCD won't know or care. All it knows is that some bytes came through the wire for it to display, and, by golly, it'll do its best.

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nowhateve

Thanks Carl. I tried putting the name of the variable in the place of "Hello World!"
Here is what I did and what I got.

B1 VAR WORD
Lcd PIN 1
LcdCls CON $01

INITIALIZATION of LCD....

Main:
Do
B1=60
LCDOUT Lcd, LcdCls, [noparse][[/noparse]B1]
PAUSE 1000
B1=B1-1
Loop
END


What I got on the LCD is a weird mark like ">"

If try LCDOUT Lcd, LcdCls, [noparse][[/noparse]"60"]

The LCD displays well.

I was wondering if I could put a variable directly into the brackets[noparse]/noparse. Or there is some particular syntax for LCDOUT to display a variable?

Thanks!

PJAllen

Change LCDOUT Lcd, LcdCls, [noparse][[/noparse]B1] to LCDOUT Lcd, LcdCls, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC B1]

Mike Green

When you put just the variable name, the Stamp outputs the contents of the variable as a character. If you want the value to display as something readable, you have to use one of the "formatters". They're described in detail as part of the SEROUT statement chapter, but work with the LCDOUT statement as well. You probably want "LCDOUT Lcd, LcdCls, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC B1]".