Why does QBasic give me a syntax error with this code? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA 0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,2 '11100001011100 CLS WHILE TI < 2 AND INKEY$ = "" READ TI IF TI = 0 THEN IF I = 0 AND P = 1 THEN PRINT "1"; IF I = 1 AND P = 1 THEN PRINT "0"; P = P + 1 IF P = 2 THEN P = 0 END IF IF TI = 1 THEN I = I + 1 IF I = 2 THEN I = 0 IF I = 0 THEN PRINT "0"; IF I = 1 THEN PRINT "1"; END IF WEND IF P = 0 THEN END IF I = 1 THEN PRINT "0" ELSE PRINT "1" END

Comments aren't permitted on DATA statements, memory serving. When I get a moment, I'll double check that detail, though. Jon

QBasic syntax error?

Dec 21, 2012 41 Replies

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Bill Bowden 13 years ago

Well, I've only used 4 versions, Borland, Microsoft, HP, and Commodore. All of them support the basic DATA statement, and I never had trouble with comments. I have noticed that Borland runs about twice as fast as QB. Maybe QB is an 8 bit program, and Borland is 16 bit? I think Borland Turbo Basic is now called Power Basic?

-Bill

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Jasen Betts 13 years ago

yeah, I remeber seeing those features in 1988

and string functions that aren't functions, arbitrary size limits and other warts,

I haven't touched basic for about 5 years but last time i wanted to draw an oblique ellipse but it couldnt do that.

there's been three standards since 1980, and the developemnt to back those up,

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