Re: CHR$(...)

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 04-05-92 (12:44)             Number: 192
From: ERIC MILLER                  Refer#: NONE
  To: JOHN GALLAS                   Recvd: NO  
Subj: Re: CHR$(...)                  Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

To put tricky control characters on the screen, you might need to
use a POKE statement to put the character at a specific
place in text video memory.
   This is tricky, because it needs a formula that accounts
for each character having a color value and an ASCII
value.  Also depending on
whether you use monochrome or color, you might need to use a different
routine because mine works for color text in SCREEN 0.  I have no idea
how to print them in grpahics modes.

DEF SEG = &HB800          'Color text memory segment
Ch = ASC(C$)              'Get ASCII value of your character
Addr = (Y - 1) * 160 + (X - 1) * 2   'find location of X,Y
POKE Addr, Ch                        'Place Chr$(Ch) at X,Y
DEF SEG

 If you don't catch that, what you have to do is account for
160 bytes per line in text memory (80 * 2) so you multiply
that * Y - 1.  Then add X-1 * 2 to account for the columns across.
That gives you the location of the character.  To change the color,
add 1 to Addr.  I had to find this out myself for writing a program
that places the time at random locations but puts the original text
back.

 Eric Miller

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