Re: TIB: Real number to string
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Re: TIB: Real number to string
ooohhhhh, i see how that works, i think i can figure it out now, thanks. I
mean, THANK YOU!!! Wish there was a faster way though, oh well.
On an somewhat related note, IE crashes randomly on my computer as well
(5.0), and i would also say that it is quite annoying.
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Bishop <danb2k@hotmail.com>
To: <ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: TIB: Real number to string
>
> @#$^&* Microsoft!
>
> I was just seconds away from sending you the code when Internet Explorer
> crashed. I don't have time to rewrite it now, but you can find it in my
> 83-BASIC Library at http://www.ticalc.org/pub/83/basic/programs/lib.zip
> Look for a subroutine called STR. Obviously it won't run "as is" on an
86,
> but it shouldn't be too hard to modify.
>
> >From: Nathan Grigg <nathangrigg@juno.com>
> >Reply-To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
> >To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
> >Subject: Re: TIB: Real number to string
> >Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:12:03 -0600
> >
> >
> > > This does NOT work (on an 86):
> > >
> > > Prompt x
> > > y99=x
> > > Eq>St(y99,Y)
> > > Disp Y ~This displays "x", not the value of x, and is the main
> > > problem i am
> > > working with.
> >
> >A while ago, I spent a long time trying to figure this type of thing out,
> >and as far as I know there is no way (on the 86) to convert a number to a
> >string. In my opinion, that sucks, but oh well. Usually when you want a
> >number as a string, you want to fill in a sentence or something (i.e.
> >there were x apples). There are a couple of ways to do this. You can
> >use Disp, but that puts it on lots of lines, or you can use a bunch of
> >Outpt's (but that takes a lot of work)
> >
> >The best way to do it is using variable-width font on the graph screen,
> >because there is no limit to the number of arguments for the Text(
> >command. A program would look something like this:
> >:Prompt x
> >:Text(2,13,"There were ",x," apples")
> >
> >Good Luck,
> > Nathan
> >
> >
> >If you really want string commands, try the asm program asapXcmd. This
> >installs extra basic commands on your calculator. The only problem:
> >anyone without Xcmd installed can't run your program.
> >
> >
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