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
From some good documentation:
"The INPUT statement with one variable reads all characters up to the
next carriage return; they are all added to the variable. An INPUT
statement with multiple variables causes all characters up to the
first comma to be added to the first variable, characters between the
first and second commas to be added to the second variable, and so on.
The last variable in the INPUT statement is given all remaining
characters up to the next carriage return. If a carriage return is
read before characters have been assigned to all variables, characters
are automatically taken from the next line."
Use GET and you'll have your text reader. Otherwise, localize the TYPE
extra BASIC command and use it :-)
antoine