[Coco] Obscure DRAW feature from ECB Unravelled

[L. Curtis Boyle]

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:30:52 -0600, John Strong <johnstrong at hotmail.com>  
wrote:
I have seen it before to. Works with the PLAY command as well, and I think  
people originally discovered it because it was documented in the IBM PC  
BASIC manuals, from what I recall.
>
> Tim,
> Good Sluething, however it's been published before, Hot Coco paid me $50  
> ISTR
> for the published tip.
> Microsoft Basics for MS-DOS use the same syntax.John StrongStrongWare> >  
> ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008  
> 10:23:14 -0800> From: tlindner at macmess.org (tim lindner)> Subject:  
> [Coco] Obscure DRAW feature from ECB Unravelled> To:  
> coco at maltedmedia.com (CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts)>  
> Message-ID: <1ia8n5d.19bdn0e8iacvjM%tlindner at macmess.org>> > I found  
> this in the unravelled book:> > ******************> > There is a certain  
> syntax that must be followed, which to my knowledge> has not yet been  
> published anywhere until now. Following is a short> example of how to do  
> this.> > 10 A=10:B=13 > 20 DRAW "BM=A;,A;;U=B;R=B;D=B;L=B"> > The above  
> program will draw a box that has sides equal to the variable> 'B', as  
> the program stands, line 20 is equivalent to the following: > > 20 DRAW  
> "BM10,10;U13R13D13L13"> > *************************> > But there are two  
> typos in the DRAW command. It should look like this:> > 20 DRAW  
> "BM=A;,=A;U=B;R=B;D=B;L=B;">
>  > The vairable name has to begin with and equal and end with a  
> semicolon.> > Neat.> > -- > tim lindner> tlindner at macmess.org Bright> >
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