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Choose, Disptime

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CHOOSE DISP DISPTIME 16-26 Creates a choose box, which is a box containing a list of options from which the user chooses one. Each option is numbered, 1 through n. The result of the choose command is to store the number of the option chosen in a variable. The syntax is CHOOSE default_option_number; title; option1; option2; ...optionn: where default_option_number is the number of the option that will be highlighted by default whenever the choose box is displayed, title is the text displayed in the title bar of the choose box, and option1...optionn are the options listed in the choose box. Example 3 X A:CHOOSE A; "COMIC STRIPS"; "DILBERT"; "CALVIN&HOBBES"; "BLONDIE": Displays textitem in a row of the display at the line_number. A text item consists of any number of expressions and quoted strings of text. The expressions are evaluated and turned into strings. Lines are numbered from the top of the screen, 1 being the top and 7 being the bottom. DISP line_number;textitem: Example DISP 3;"A is" 2+2 Result: A is 4 (displayed on line 3) Displays the current date and time. DISPTIME To set the date and time, simply store the correct settings in the date and time variables. Use the following formats: M.DDYYYY for the date and H.MMSS for the time. Programming

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16-26
Programming
CHOOSE
Creates a choose box, which is a box containing a list of
options from which the user chooses one. Each option is
numbered, 1 through
n
. The result of the choose
command is to store the number of the option chosen in a
variable. The syntax is
CHOOSE
default_option_number
;
title
;
option
1
;
option
2
;
...
option
n
:
where
default_option_number
is the number of the option
that will be highlighted by default whenever the choose
box is displayed,
title
is the text displayed in the title bar
of the choose box, and
option
1
...option
n
are the options
listed in the choose box.
Example
3
A:CHOOSE A;
"COMIC STRIPS";
"DILBERT";
"CALVIN&HOBBES";
"BLONDIE":
DISP
Displays
textitem
in a row of the display at the
line_number
. A text item consists of any number of
expressions and quoted strings of text. The expressions
are evaluated and turned into strings. Lines are numbered
from the top of the screen, 1 being the top and 7 being
the bottom.
DISP
line_number
;
textitem
:
Example
DISP 3;"A is" 2+2
Result:
A is 4
(displayed on line 3)
DISPTIME
Displays the current date and time.
DISPTIME
To set the date and time, simply store the correct settings
in the date and time variables. Use the following formats:
M.DDYYYY
for the date and
H.MMSS
for the time.