Is there a way to assign a $tring to a variable? (P$ = "test")

IceFirePro

Can I assign string value to a variable in BS2?

Mike Green

No. There are no string variables in Stamp Basic.

IceFirePro

So, i can just go to a subroutine that prints certain text based on the numerical value of a numeric variable, or use VB6 interfacing again.

Chris Savage

You can create an array and store each character in that array. Remember, the BASIC Stamp has only 26 bytes of RAM / Variable space so dealing with strings can quickly consume that. It's often better to deal with strings on a byte-by-byte basis unless you have a BS2p or higher with SPRAM to store the string data. If the strings are constants they can be stored in EEPROM.

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Chris Savage

Parallax Engineering
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allanlane5

Like:

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

Str1 DATA "Hello",0

MyStr VAR Word

Main:
· MyStr = Str1
· SEROUT 16, 16864, [noparse][[/noparse]STR MyStr, CR]
· PAUSE 500
· GOTO Main

This takes advantage that the 'label' for a DATA statement is really an 'address' into the eeprom.·
And that the 'STR' modifier will accept a string address, expecting that string to end with a
'zero' byte.


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