| Posted: 11:33am 04 Aug 2025 |
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Hi everyone,
I want to report a problem I've encountered while working with MMBasic on my device PicoCalc. It seems that opening a .bas file in the editor and then saving it—even without making any manual changes—modifies the file's content in a way that causes the program to break.
The content of the testing file is:
OPTION EXPLICIT
Const MAXF = 10
Dim files$(MAXF)
Dim count
Dim fname$, tmp$
CHDIR "B:/"
count = 0
fname$ = DIR$("*.*")
Do While fname$ <> "" And count < MAXF
files$(count) = fname$
count = count + 1
fname$ = DIR$("")
Loop
For i = 0 To count - 1
Print i, files$(i)
Next i
After loading this program into memory, line 13 is automatically changed to:
Option EXPLICIT
Const MAXF = 10
Dim files$(MAXF)
Dim count
Dim fname$, tmp$
Chdir "B:/"
count = 0
fname$ = Dir$("*.*")
Do While fname$ <> "" And count < MAXF
Files $(count) = fname$
count = count + 1
fname$ = Dir$("")
Loop
For i = 0 To count - 1
Print i, files$(i)
Next i
Note the added space between Files and $(count) — this causes a syntax error when running the program.
Could someone confirm if this is a known issue with the MMBasic editor on PicoCalc or related platforms?
Thanks,
Tytus |
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