Category : BASIC Source Code
Archive   : PIA88SRC.ZIP
Filename : GETSTRN.BAS

 
Output of file : GETSTRN.BAS contained in archive : PIA88SRC.ZIP
DEF FNGETSTRN$(MAXLEN)
STATIC RESPONSE$,I2
COLOR K(1,2),K(1,1),1
RESPONSE$=STRING$(MAXLEN,32)
I2=0
20 C$=INKEY$
IF C$="" THEN 20
IF ASC(C$)=13 THEN
FNGETSTRN$=RESPONSE$
PRINT CHR$(13);
IF I2=0 THEN FNGETSTRN$=""
EXIT DEF
END IF
IF ASC(C$)=8 THEN
IF I2=0 THEN
BEEP
GOTO 20
END IF
LOCATE ,POS(0)-1
PRINT CHR$(32);
LOCATE ,POS(0)-1
MID$(RESPONSE$,I2,1)=CHR$(32)
I2=I2-1
GOTO 20
END IF
IF ASC(C$)<32 OR ASC(C$)>127 THEN
BEEP
GOTO 20
END IF
IF I2>=MAXLEN THEN
BEEP
GOTO 20
END IF
PRINT C$;
I2=I2+1
MID$(RESPONSE$,I2,1)=C$
GOTO 20
END DEF



  3 Responses to “Category : BASIC Source Code
Archive   : PIA88SRC.ZIP
Filename : GETSTRN.BAS
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  1. Daniel says:
    January 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. Joshie says:
    March 18, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. DiskingRound says:
    January 14, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/