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Re: Line length limit for text output from console
« Reply #3 on: Jul 19^th, 2017, 09:49am »

on Jul 15^th, 2017, 5:50pm, CirothUngol wrote:

Is there a way to avoid this?

Actually I think there is a workaround of sorts. If you output the string in chunks of no more than (say) 80 characters I would not expect the wraparound effect to occur. Try this for example:

Code:

FOR i = 1 TO 255
    v$ = v$; "-"
    PRINT LEFT$(v$,80);
    PRINT MID$(v$,81,80);
    PRINT MID$(v$,161,80);
    PRINT MID$(v$,241,80)
NEXT i

This will affect the output only when compiled as a console application.

Richard.

« Last Edit: Jul 19^th, 2017, 4:44pm by Richard Russell »

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Re: Line length limit for text output from console
« Reply #4 on: Jul 21^st, 2017, 06:40am »

on Jul 19^th, 2017, 09:49am, Richard Russell wrote:

Actually I think there is a workaround of sorts.

Here's a more elegant solution which works for an arbitrary length of string:

Code:

FOR i = 1 TO 255
    v$ = v$; "-"
    CALL print v$
NEXT i
END

SUB print a$
    WHILE LEN(a$) > 80
        PRINT LEFT$(a$,80);
        a$ = MID$(a$,81)
    WEND
    PRINT a$
END SUB

Obviously this isn't as satisfactory as modifying LBB so it doesn't wrap console output, which I will attempt in the next release, but it's a temporary fix.

Richard.

« Last Edit: Jul 21^st, 2017, 06:49am by Richard Russell »

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