using AND as an IF statement

[paul borgmeier]

...that a basic command is "crippled" that should not be. ...

It's not actually crippled, it is just not developed. MELabs put less work into it, they charge less for it. As you noted, it is much closer to ASM than it is to BASIC.

Much like ErnieM's #2 and I am sure others, here is what I did in the past. It is not quite as clean as the PBP version but is quite readable nonetheless (one extra goto per if-then)

;in PBP

If X = 5 then
x = 5
y = 6
z = 7
Else
x = 7
y = 0
z = 6
Endif

;in PBC

If X<>5 then Else1
x=5
y=6
z=7
goto EndIf1
Else1:
x=7
y=0
z=6
EndIf1:


for the next If-Then, use Else2, Endif2, etc.


Paul Borgmeier
Salt Lake City, Utah
USA