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MBASIC TIP
by
Steve Brammer
For those of you who, like myself, do frequent programming in MBASIC, an
occasion often arises where the ability to display a message on the
screen in a given row and column would be very convenient. However, to
the best of my knowledge, MBASIC does not have a "LOCATE", "HTAB" or
"VTAB" command. Recently, I found a definable function which would
solve the dilemma. (Actually, someone else found it and showed it to
me.) When you try the program below, keep in mind that I have only tried
this on a Kaypro with MBASIC and not on any other machine!
10 DEF FNLOC$(X,Y)=CHR$(27)+CHR$(61)+CHR$(X+31)+CHR$(Y=31)
20 PRINT CHR$(26):REM CLEARS THE SCREEN
30 PRINT FNLOC$(10,5);"TEST LINE"
40 END
Line #10 defines the function to position the message. Line #30
displays the message, "TEST LINE", at row=10 and column=5.
I hope this tip will help you, and if you know any tips yourself, be
sure to write to the newsletter editor about them.
Article from The Random File July 1985