Newbie Question about a program

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I am just getting started with the BASIC Stamp, so i got a copy of Al
William's "Microcontoller Projects Using the BASIC Stamp". The first
program that I attempted to write deals with the DEBUG function. I
copied the two line program right out of the book and it didn't work.
the code reads:

DEBUG Hello Stamp Programmer!
END

When i typed that in, i got multiple errors saying that "!" was an
unrecognizable character.

If you need to know, i am using a BS2, and using the Stamp software
that came with the book: Basic Stamp Editor v1.3

Thanks for any help with this problem,

jason

Archiver

The fix is easy: put your string in quotes:

DEBUG "Hello BASIC Stamp Programmer!"
END

Be sure to download the latest version of our compiler from
www.parallax.com. It's free.

-- Jon Williams
-- Applications Engineer, Parallax
-- Dallas Office

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I am just getting started with the BASIC Stamp, so i got a copy of Al
William's "Microcontoller Projects Using the BASIC Stamp". The first
program that I attempted to write deals with the DEBUG function. I
copied the two line program right out of the book and it didn't work.
the code reads:

DEBUG Hello Stamp Programmer!
END

When i typed that in, i got multiple errors saying that "!" was an
unrecognizable character.

If you need to know, i am using a BS2, and using the Stamp software
that came with the book: Basic Stamp Editor v1.3

Thanks for any help with this problem,

jason