PBASIC 2.5 command suggestion

James Anderson

Hello,
is there a command in pbasic that is short hand for the instruction

variablexyz = variablexyz * 2

any suggestions appreciated...

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Mike Green

Another command that functionally does the same is: variablexyz = variablexyz << 1
There's not really anything shorter. SPIN (for the Propellor) does have a short hand like in "C",
but PBasic does not have this short hand. SPIN lets you write: variablexyz <<= 1 or variablexyz *= 2.
The two statements in PBasic are pretty much the same in execution speed. The interpreter overhead
washes out any differences between the operators.

James Anderson

ok thanx for the advice

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who traveled much faster than light
She departed one day in a relative way
and Returned on the Previous Night

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