[Coco] Is there a string library for basic09?

[Bill Pierce]

You're going to run into a lot of trouble interfacing C to Basic09,.. Not saying it can't be done, just that it's very limited. Only one variable (or is it 2?) can be passed unless you get tricky.
There's code in the C manual for interfacing to Basic09 to use as an example.
Also know that strings in C are a trick in themselves. There's no "normal" string functions as you know them in Basic. All string manipulation is "low level". In writing my various projects in C,which rely heavily on vast string arrays, I've leaned my way around a lot of the thigs. It's all there, just not in the manner you expect it to be.
I think I have seen one string library in OS9 C that creates standard Basic commands, but where it is, I couldn't tell ya.
 

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-----Original Message-----
From: K. Pruitt <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 2, 2015 5:33 am
Subject: [Coco] Is there a string library for basic09?


I've been thinking that Basic09 has some deficiencies and have narrowed it 
down to incomplete string handling commands - in my opinion.  No Mid string 
command, no Hex string command, etc. But since I am planning on learning C 
on the Coco, and C seems to be THE language in which to implement a string 
library for Basic09, I figure I'll give it a shot.

But I don't want to reinvent the wheel... especially since my wheel is 
probably going to be less than perfectly round at first.  So I have to ask 
if there is already a string library out there for basic09?  I've looked, 
but there is stuff buried in those archives that could be a string library 
for basic09 and I'd never know.

There are a lot of C string libraries out there on the 'net, so porting one 
to the Coco is a real possibility and will probably produce the best 
results.

Thanks





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