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Subject: Re: Applesoft problem with reading text files
From: Toinet <antoine.vignau@laposte.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:23:39 -0700 (PDT)
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On 26 sep, 22:08, DMn2004404 <dmn2004...@gmail.com> wrote:
> While writing a "ProDOS Text File Displayer" in Applesoft BASIC, I've
> encountered a nagging problem that Applesoft BASIC has with reading
> text files. It seems to stop reading a line of text when it encounters
> a comma, so that when it encounters a line of text that says, say,
> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit," all that
> BASIC will read is "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", ignoring the rest of
> the line.
>
> I probably sound stupid, but it sounds like there is a command or a
> method that forces BASIC to read an entire line in a text file,
> including commas. If so, what is it?
>
> Brandon Taylor

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