How to use Arrays Using Pic Basic Pro(need help)

[MrSafe]

I still can not get the arrays to work. Look at my program to see what I am doing wrong I haven't tried the other suggestions yet but I will get started on those as soon as i figure out the arrays.

[MrSafe]

In the program when i do

lcdout #key it shoots out the key correctly on the lcd however

when i use

htxt(x) = #key

it says bad expression when i try to compile

also when i use

htxt(x) = key

it works fine however it displays a blank spot on the lcd

[skimask]

In the program when i do
lcdout #key it shoots out the key correctly on the lcd however
when i use
htxt(x) = #key
it says bad expression when i try to compile
also when i use
htxt(x) = key
it works fine however it displays a blank spot on the lcd

htxt(x) = key ------>>>>> lookup key , [ "0123456789ABCDEF" ] , htxt[x]
^get rid of^---------------^^^^^^ replace with ^^^^^^^^^^^

Your turn to figure out why assigning the variable 'key' to htxt(x) and trying to get the LCD to display what is effectively variable 'key' doesn't work.
What is the ASCII character equivalent to 'key', if 'key' = 1? if 'key' = 2? if 'key' = 65?

[MrSafe]

i see ill try thank you for the reply. If you don't mind could you give me an example of that a very simple version of it that I could run with. Im sorry for being so ignorant but arrays is brand spanking new to me.

Your turn to figure out why assigning the variable 'key' to htxt(x) and trying to get the LCD to display what is effectively variable 'key' doesn't work.
What is the ASCII character equivalent to 'key', if 'key' = 1? if 'key' = 2? if 'key' = 65?

I can do that quite effectively ahaha its this damn blasted arrays thats slowing me down I have entire codes already done for that portion its just that I want to be able to loop the message over and over but I need arrays to do that and the message is not predetermined it will be different depending on the user.

[skimask]

i see ill try thank you for the reply. If you don't mind could you give me an example of that a very simple version of it that I could run with. Im sorry for being so ignorant but arrays is brand spanking new to me.

I just did...

[MrSafe]

thank you it didn't appear for me

[MrSafe]

The code below will compile all I did different from the code on the bottom is change the htxt[x] to x

alpha1:
gosub getkey
LOOKUP key,[" ABCDEFGHIJ"],x
htxt[x] = htxt[x] + 1
RETURN

alpha2:
gosub getkey
LOOKUP key,[" KLMNOPQRST"],htxt[X]
htxt[x] = htxt[x] + 1
RETURN

The code above will not compile the compiler gives me the fallowing error

"output parameter must be a variable"