[Coco] ?ST ERROR

Robert Emery theother_bob at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 8 09:49:09 EST 2005


> anyone have an "innocent" BASIC routine that can produce an ?ST ERROR
> (string formula too complex)? 

Without testing, I think you can do it using PLAY or (H)DRAW with strings... 

10 A$=string$(255,"8") 'this may be backwards 
20 PLAYA$+A$ 'should generate an error since A$+A$ is longer than 255 bytes
30 PLAY"XA$;XA$;" 'would have the same effect, but without the error

Bob


	
		
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