can you make name variables?

[peterdeco1]

Hello and thank you Andrew. I tried chip = porta.0 and it won't compile. Then I tried:

x var byte
chip var porta.0
let x = 3
high chip [x]

Doesn't work - porta.0 goes high regardless of the value of x. So now I tried:

high chip + x

It works! If I replace porta.0 with chip + x in my program it should solve my problem. My 50 line block of code has a lot of adcin & shiftout commands. That's why I run out of program memory when I duplicate the block numerous times. Thank you Andrew. - Peter

[anj]

Gday Pete

"I tried chip = porta.0 and it won't compile."

Oops sorry, my mistake when cut and pasting.
( You know what they say about shortcuts )
The "chip var porta.0" syntax you arrived at is correct, and same as my referenced example.

"high chip [x] doesnt work"

I used "xport(k) = 1 ' set pin high" syntax
as it uses less code than the high command ( apparently )
I was testing using LEDs, so i know that it worked in that mode.
However your syntax shld also work.
Based on yr cut and paste, there is a space between chip and [X].
If this is so, remove it and retry. Shld work then.

Andrew

[peterdeco1]

Sorry for the delay Andrew. It works - Thank you. - Peter