Array members as alias? (BS2 OEM)

vaclav_sal

Can a member of an array be assigned an alias name?·
Apparently not.

I have·this code:

I2C_Data VAR Byte(4)

and like to have these alliases

TSL2561_Address VAR· I2C_Data····· ' slave address
TSL2561_Command VAR· I2C_Data····· ' command
TSL2561_Data··· VAR· I2C_Data····· ' data = $03


Editor comes up with an error on
TSL2561_Address VAR· I2C_Data(0)

and
TSL2561_Address VAR· I2C_Data[noparse][[/noparse]0]
··
Is there an alternative to accomplish this?


I am currently passing the variables to a subroutine using LOOKUP to get the array index and like to try eliminating the LOOKUP.
Just for fun so far.


Thanks ·for reading.
Cheers

Zoot

You alias "the other way", i.e. if you declare a variable, it can be used *as if it were an array*, so if you name all the elements, you can access as individual ("normal") variables AND as array elements depending on need and context, i.e.:

i VAR Nib ' counter

someVar VAR Byte ' named var AND element "0" of "implied" array someVar
someVar1 VAR Byte ' ditto, but this element 1
someVar2 VAR Byte
someVar3 VAR Byte

' so now you have 4 variables that ARE ALSO a 4 element array: someVar(x)

someVar = 1
someVar1 = 10
someVar2 = 100
someVar3 = 255

DEBUG CLS
FOR i = 0 TO 3
  DEBUG "someVar(", DEC1 i,") = ", DEC3 someVar(i), CR
NEXT

END

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vaclav_sal

Thanks - "problem" SOLVED