new and need help

[smeghead]

many thanks for the relpy i wil try this tomorrow evening and let you know, programmers in garage, as the only computer with a serial port lives in the garage :lol:

so basically if i use the connditions for z, they need to be inside the count code. took me hours to work out the if/then so it would compile without error

again many thanks

[smeghead]

I couldnt wait so just went to the garage , it worked a treat, so thanks for the prompt reply, so i learned something else today, another question if say i had 2 or 3 count loops with different if /then conditions, would they all have to be done seperately or could they be nested into one big one

many thanks

[mister_e]

Everything is possible, you just need to think what you want to do. Drawing a kind of flow chart could be handy. You can nest loop without too much problems. For multiple conditions, it's usually easier to read and to add condition using SELECT CASE.

Don't give up!

[smeghead]

Oh dont worry i wont be giving up, last time i used basic in anger was to programme my zx81 (yes im that old), just a case of relearning forgotten stuff and learning some new. Again thanks for the help it makes all the difference, i spent all day yesterday trying to work out where i was going wrong and finally asked here tonight