plaese help explain such statement ABYTE.0[Index]=0, what is that mean

[dhouston]

While not offering any detail, the Repeat statement in the manual does demonstrate it.

[greatpic]

While not offering any detail, the Repeat statement in the manual does demonstrate it.

I have the pbp manual , different version with you? I can not found the statment "repeat", while I found the word in it : )
1.2. About This Manual
This manual cannot be a full treatise on the BASIC language. It
describes the PicBasic Pro Compiler instruction set and provides
examples on how to use it.

[mister_e]

I have an ol' version of the manual.. for compiler version 2.47 (date 9/05). REPEAT is located in section 5.66

But yeah... it show they use it... but they don't explain anything

Online version show date 3/04, Repeat is still at 5.66, same... everything.

I didn't check the whole manual.. but here's my understand.. i'll do it once

It's nothing more than another kind of fussy writing thing. Which perform some kind of text substitution thingy.

YourVar=4
Something.0[YourVar]=1

becomes Something.04=1

That's the easiest way i see to explain it... but yeah.... why it's like that? ... because

[Kamikaze47]

I'm not sure why they didn't just allow you do use VAR.BIT=0 instead of VAR.0[BIT]=0.

What would be nice is to be able to also do this: VAR[INDEX].BIT=0

I came across a situation just yesterday that required me to set a bit in a word, in an array to the same as another bit in another word in another array, so if it was allowed would be like this:

VAR1[INDEX].BIT=VAR2[INDEX].BIT

Instead of one line like above, it ended up being 5 lines.

No matter tho, theres always a way around these things.

[greatpic]

you are all so kind