In that "For i = 1 To 6" loop, after the read, put "print i; " "; govenor(i)". I'm uncertain where the DATA settings are that the READ is acting upon.

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Canada_Cold, The govener array is DIMed with a size of 6:


And there are 6 numbers read into it:


But dc (the index into it) can be set higher than 6:


I would change the DIM of govenor to 8:


And add 2 more entries for its data:



I think that should fix it.
Keep warm.

Bill

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A simple debug test would be to
PRINT dc
in a line before the error line.

Using OPTION BASE only sets the start of the array.
The maximum remains the same with OPTION BASE 1 and OPTION BASE 0

Jim

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Hi Bill (turbo46),

Thanks, That worked!  I’m not understanding why as yet, but that’s all part of the learning curve.

Have a great day, thanks, Don

An array is a collection of variables or data values. They must be of the same type: integer, floating point numbers or strings.

DIM govenor(6)

Creates an array with 6 different entries, govenor(1), govenor(2) through to govenor(6). They default to floating point numbers because the program does not specify otherwise (eg. AS INTEGER).

If you do not use the command:

OPTION BASE 1

there is also a govenor(0) entry which is often ignored – as it is in this program.

In the program a variable dc is used as an index into that array.

dc=1
PRINT govenor(dc)

will print the first entry in that array. The trouble is that dc is being set to values higher than 6 and so the programs is trying to read values in the array that do not exist and that is why you are getting the ‘index out of bounds’ error. I just suggested that you add two more elements to that array to avoid the error.

I hope that helps.

Bill

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Okay, I setup a test rig and verified the code posted in this forum doesn't work.  The setup for the variable oldtime$ is missing spaces. I think the forum must have reformatted the variable.

In  MAIN change:

to:


The array size of 6 is correct since the maximum number of digits which can change is 6. Even though the time displayed can be up to 8 characters long, the colons will never change.

--Curtis

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  Justplayin said  

The array size of 6 is correct since the maximum number of digits which can change is 6. Even though the time displayed can be up to 8 characters long, the colons will never change.

In that case, the sub Show_Time must be changed. The variable dc can become greater than 6 and that is causing the 'index out of bounds' error.



Great program. Thanks for sharing it.

Bill

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Hi All,

Thanks so much for all your input, I really appreciate all the debugging tips and the detailed explanation from Bill.  That's a great help for me in the understanding of the programming on the Mocromite.  

I agree, It's a great program, I have it working on a green dot-matrix display on my workbench and it is very cool, thanks again to Curtis for posting it.  

Don

  Justplayin said  

I have been playing around with some 8x8 matrix LEDs with MAX7219 driver boards and thought I would share some of the code.

Cheers Curtis.

I needed a clock for my workshop but I couldn't find anything I liked. Was bored yesterday and so I knocked up one on a mite using your code (and the proportional font!) as the basis. Have to say i got rid of the digit change animation... bit distracting.

Credited you in the boot here .

Big Thanks

h

Glad to know you found the clock code useful and thanks for the boot credit.  

--Curtis