Re: hot shot basic programmers

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From: JOHN RICHARD JOHNS
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 18:37

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Actually, it *IS* possible to add movement, home, and clear screen commands
to your BASIC strings.  Get a copy of the ASCII table.  There are ASCII
characters that represent left, right, up, down, and clear/home (I'm not
sure about just HOME by itself).  I'm pretty sure that character 12 (which
is FORM FEED for printers) is the character you want.  Use
   A$=CHR$(12)
   ? A$
...and that should clear the screen, for example.  The unfortunate drawback
is that instead of having a special character appear in the string, you
have to stop in the string and reference the number code.  If you REALLY
want fast animation, I suggest you use screen pagination or extensive use
of the LOCATE command.

-John

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