Display a VAR in graphics

samsn4

I'm trying to do a simple interface with the PING))). There is no demo that uses the TV, so I'm trying to write one using Graphics. My problem is that I can not figure out how to display a variable.

Thanks for the help

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Daniel Mueth

Mike Green

You can take the "dec" method from the tv_text driver that's included with the Propeller Tool and modify it slightly to use the graphics driver text method to do the actual display. The "dec" method uses the "out" method to display each character. It could be changed to

VAR byte decBuffer[noparse][[/noparse]12]

PUB dec(value) | i,p
'' Print a decimal number
  p := 0
  if value < 0
    -value
    decBuffer[noparse][[/noparse]p++] := "-"
  i := 1_000_000_000
  repeat 10
    if value => i
      decBuffer[noparse][[/noparse]p++] := value / i + "0"
      value //= i
      result~~
    elseif result or i == 1
      decBuffer[noparse][[/noparse]p++] := "0"
    i /= 10
  decBuffer[noparse][[/noparse]p] := 0

You'd call this to convert some variable into a decimal string, then use the text routine in the graphics package to draw the string (@decBuffer) on the screen where you want it.

Martin Hebel

Hi Dan,
You can also use the FloatString library to turn a floating point value into a string (after 1st converting it to a float with FloatMath):

Obj:
    gr    : "graphics"
    TV    : "TV"
    FP    : "FloatMath"    
    FS    : "FloatString"  

Pub Main
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   .
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    gr.text(100,151,FS.FloatToString(FP.FFloat(x))) 
   .
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