BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 03-20-92 (09:20) Number: 154 From: RICHARD VANNOY Refer#: NONE To: MIKE AVERY Recvd: NO Subj: A Better Way Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
MA> DO
MA> W$= UCASE$(INKEY$)
MA> UNTIL W$ <> ""
MA>There were some real neat 1 line INKEY constructs posted a while back
MA>that would shorten the code in lines 2 through 4.
I liked...
DO
w$=UCASE$(INKEY$)
UNTIL LEN(w$)
because it doesn't require a string comparison.
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