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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : MM Manual Bug, Str$(Var) vs Str$(funct)

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twofingers

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Posted: 08:19am 04 Feb 2016

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@Geoff

regarding the description in MMBasic Manual Ver 5.1 (eg p54):

DIM a, b$, nbr(100), str$(20)
DIM a(5,5,5), b(1000)
DIM str$(200) LENGTH 20
DIM STRING str(200) LENGTH 20

This shows IMHO a wrong and misleading use of the (array) variable name STR$(). STR$() is a reserved word, a MMBasic function and I fear it could confuse some beginners. This only applies to the manual!

Proof:

Dim Str$(1)=("TEST","BEST")
Print Str$(1)

Regards
Michael

Edited by twofingers 2016-02-05

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Geoffg

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Posted: 11:50am 04 Feb 2016

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Thanks Michael, well spotted. I will update the manual for the next release.

Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net

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