Blank Variable

[mackrackit]

Quick EEPROM question while I'm at it. How reliable is the EEPROM memory? I want that value to stay there once the user selects it no matter how many shutdowns/powerups there are.

They have something like 1,000,000 erase/write cycles.
Just make sure a write is not happening during power down.

And no " " " " " " " " " "

[Luckyborg]

I usually add this near the top of my code before any variable declarations

data @0, 0(256)             'set all EEPROM data to 0 on initial programming

Just be mindful of how much EEPROM your chip has, and you might want to write 255 instead of 0. You might only use 10 locations and that would look like

data @0, 255(10)             'set 10 EEPROM data to 255 on initial programming

Then early in the loop read and check for the default value

David