A more program space efficient way of doing ta whole heap of IFs????

[HankMcSpank]

Wow....what can I say Darrel....you lost me after the elseif post, but I'm gonna read it again & again until it sinks in!

(also thank you steve ....all great stuff)

Edit: Even just rolling with the ELSEIF melarkey ...my program now compiles at 1643 words ...it was maxing out before (greater than 2048 words), so even if I never get to understand the EEPROM method (& the initial indications aren't favourable, lol!) then nevertheless you've saved the day!

[Demon]

PICs have 2 areas of memory: codespace, for your program, and eeprom, you use DATA to store data and READ to get at it (you can also WRITE to it during program execution).

Eeprom is a simple way to store tables and then use For loops to scan through them later. Three common uses; character definitions for LCDs, conversion tables and saving PIN numbers.

I think Melanie has a thread somewhere on how to use some of that eeprom area for codespace.

[HankMcSpank]

PICs have 2 areas of memory: codespace, for your program, and eeprom, you use DATA to store data and READ to get at it.

Eeprom is a simple way to store tables and then use For loops to scan through them later. Two common uses; character definitions for LCDs and conversion tables.

I think Melanie has a thread somewhere on how to use some of that eeprom area for codespace.

Thanks Robert (a cool name ;-) )...while I'm fairly clued up on how to get the PIC to work now (as well as being reasonably savvy on the electronics /interfacing aspect), the darned pesky coding world is still totally flat in my eyes!! (this is frustrating as I have a head brimmed with ideas...but no quick way to get them out of my fingertips & into a PIC)

I'll have to take a night out to get the hang of using EEPROM so I'll have a search for any related threads outlining how to get started with them.