no , you can create your alias names for the array address' in the buffer in any way that you prefer or just use array notation and have no alias' at all
I assume you are trying to achieve something like this where the minutes/seconds remain at a fixed location regardless of the other formatted field widths in either lap mode or not
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Published on - 31st May 2010 18:38
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It's almost Olympics time... so here's a topical program using PBP exclusively (no embedded Assembler) to give you a Stop-Watch with 1/100th Second Timing (yes that's 0.01 of a Second) and gives you REAL-TIME display on your LCD. Now you can do your own timing and challenge the official time...
The program demonstrates using TMR1 in BACKGROUND (multi-tasking), uses PICBasic Interrupts, and accounts for the fact that PICBasic doesn't respond to those Interrupts immediately. There's also a set-Up CALIBRATION menu item, so you can adjust and calibrate your timer to an accuracy of 360mS per Hour.
How does it do all that? Better download the PDF and find out...
Melanie
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Re: LCDOUT command followed by variable data
I would be too worried about it, afaics it's totally undocumented for pbp and if you don't do much asm work you may rarely come across its usage
richard Yesterday, 09:29