DATA and EEPROM Commands

[websmith]

Hi
On reading the manual I cannot for the life of me see the difference between DATA and EEPROM Commands, other than DATA seems to need an "@" Is there a difference?

[Melanie]

I think some commands are there to maintain a degree of backward compatability with Basic Stamp, but not having arrived here from that direction I'm sure others with more extensive Stamp experience may confirm or deny my accusation.

[DragonBall_6]

Hi All

***a var word
***c var byte
***EEPROM 0,[$0a07,$0b09,$0c0a]
***Read 0, a.highbyte
***Read 1, a.lowbyte
***c= a.highbyte + a.highbyte

Above code wil return
a.highbyte=&0a
a.lowbyte=$07
c=17 (decimal)

Am I right????

[Melanie]

See answer on your other thread...

But Also NO!

If a.highbyte contains $0A (eg 10 Decimal) then...

c=a.HIGHbyte+a.HIGHbyte will contain $14 (eg 20 Decimal)

that because you're adding 10 + 10 = 20