Re: A86: _exec_basic and _findAlphaUp
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Re: A86: _exec_basic and _findAlphaUp
In a message dated 12/8/99 10:03:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
croop@oregontrail.net writes:
> I also have a routine in a shell I'm working on that builds a list of
> all programs or strings on the calc. It uses _findAlphaUP. I wanted to
> make it so it could detect programs normally by searching with
> <$12,$08,"AAAAAAAA"> as a base (or should it just be one 'A'?), or
> detect 'hidden' programs, ones that start with non-alpha characters,
> like [sqrt]programs, by using <$12,$01,0> as a base. But it produces
> the same list both ways, and does not return [sqrt]KEY, which IS on the
> calc. Does _findAlphaUp totally ignore these 'hidden' variables, or is
> there some flag I can set or some input I can give it to force it to
> recognize them? I really don't want to make a custom searcher, I'm
> really hoping to make _findAlphaUp work.
_findAlphaUp only lists programs that would show up in the program menu.
Thus hidden progs such as $ and sqrtKey progs won't show up. You need to
search the vat to find those.
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