Re: TIB: 92+ Test var size

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Subject: Re: TIB: 92+ Test var size
From: "House" <thouse@tk7.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 02:04:00 -0500
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>ASM can test the size of the variable, otherwise, you can manually test
>variable size by formulas.  For example, Strings are consisted of the
length
>of the string plus 5, expressions change from 4 bytes for 0, 5 bytes for 1
to
>255, 6 bytes for 256 to 65536, etc.


Unfortunately, I don't know asm for the 92+.  I'm too busy learning Visual
Basic and C/C++ to worry about a programming language for a calculator, too.
I don't even know asm for pcs.  If you or somebody else could whip up an asm
program that doesn't require a shell or kernel (like PlusShell or DoorsOS)
to test the size in bytes of _any_ variable (mainly pics) or a program that
actually gives the dimensions of a pic variable, I would be grateful.  Could
this be done using exec()?  (i realize this is more asm than basic, but im
not subscribed to the asm list (because i don't know asm) If someone could
forward this and get back to me...)


"Maybe I wasn't really listening.
And you see I don't speak for the sake of speaking.
I speak from the heart.
My words reveal me.
And that's why
I have nothing to say to you"
   -Kilgore, "TK 421"

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Re: TIB: 92+ Test var size

From: joe <olp1726@softhome.net>