Arraywrite converts all letters to uppercase?


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    Default Arraywrite converts all letters to uppercase?

    Hello.

    Code:
    topline	var byte [6]
    arraywrite topline, ["ABCabc"]
    FOR X=0 TO 6
    LCDOUT $FE, $01, DEC topline[x]
    pause 1000
    next
    Outputs same codes for abc as for ABC. Seems like characters are converted to uppercase?

    Any ways to fix this?

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    Default Re: Arraywrite converts all letters to uppercase?

    What device are you running this on?

    Here it works fine (18F57Q43)
    Code:
    Start:
        HSEROUT["Start", 10,13]
    
        arraywrite topline, ["ABCabc"]
        FOR X=0 TO 6
            HSEROUT [DEC topline[x],10,13]
        next
    Outputs:
    Code:
    Start
    65
    66
    67
    97
    98
    99
    23
    With the 23 at the end being because you're reading past the last character written to the array.

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    Pic16f886.

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    Default Re: Arraywrite converts all letters to uppercase?

    I don't have that chip handy but I did compile the code for it and looked at the .lst file. Needless to say I can't see anything strange
    Code:
    movlw   low (low (_topline))
    movwf   R5
    clrf    (R5) + 1
    movlw   041h
    clrf    PCLATH
    call    ARRAYWRITE
    movlw   042h
    clrf    PCLATH
    call    ARRAYWRITE
    movlw   043h
    clrf    PCLATH
    call    ARRAYWRITE
    movlw   061h
    clrf    PCLATH
    call    ARRAYWRITE
    movlw   062h
    clrf    PCLATH
    call    ARRAYWRITE
    movlw   063h
    clrf    PCLATH
    call    ARRAYWRITE
    As you can see it loads 41,42,43,61,62,63 (hex) so no conversion done. Not there at least.

    /Henrik.

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    How are you checking the output? Is that what's displayed on an LCD? Maybe the issue is with the LCD. If you have a scope with comm protocol, verify the output from the PIC.

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    Default Re: Arraywrite converts all letters to uppercase?

    I deleted all the code and defines
    did everything from blank sheet, and now it works properly....

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    Default Re: Arraywrite converts all letters to uppercase?

    once again a failure to produce a compliable example that demonstrates the problem

    proof again in the pointlessness of snippets

    a complete waste of effort

    well done .... not
    Warning I'm not a teacher

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    Default Re: Arraywrite converts all letters to uppercase?

    Well, if you're into scrolling thru 500+ lines of code.....
    I'm just trying to make things simpler

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    Default Re: Arraywrite converts all letters to uppercase?

    Well, if you're into scrolling thru 500+ lines of code.....
    I'm just trying to make things simpler
    who wants that . 500 lines of chicken scratching's, no way i would even look at it

    post the simplest compliable program that shows the problem. [if you can 99.99% odds you cannot ]
    code snippets generally don't cut it, we need to see the config settings, osc speed var declarations , port settings etc....
    [use code tags] please
    its not hard

    just going through the process of making a provable example will help you confirm that the problem
    is elsewhere

    you keep trying to claim compiler errors , i have not seen one in core code for at least 10 years
    Warning I'm not a teacher

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    Compiler errors?
    try to write or read past available eeprom - no errors will be given
    I know, this may be called not a bug, but a feature, but even on ancient ZX Spectrum there was an error code "Index out of range"

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    Default Re: Arraywrite converts all letters to uppercase?

    Yes, because - as we've discussed before - your beloved old ZX Spectrum (RIP Sr.Clive) ran a BASIC interpreter so it COULD check such things at runtime.

    With PBP there is no interpreter running, it's COMPILED code so there is no way for the compiler to know, before hand, that value n that you just read from an external EEPROM points outside of an array.

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