IB Statements/GetFormat

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Following the GetFormat, a$ would contain the first 10 bytes of MyString$ and b$ would contain the next 10 bytes.  
Following the GetFormat, a$ would contain the first 10 bytes of MyString$ and b$ would contain the next 10 bytes.  
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See also SetFormat
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See also PutFormat
This statement was introduced with Comet32.
This statement was introduced with Comet32.
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=PutFormat=
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Syntax:  SetFormat format-statement-label string$
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Syntax:  PutFormat format-statement-label string$
    
    
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Discussion:  The SetFormat statement loads the contents of a string with the variables in a FORMAT. It "writes" the format into the string.
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Discussion:  The PutFormat statement loads the contents of a string with the variables in a FORMAT. It "writes" the format into the string.
   
   
Example:
Example:
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  MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$
  MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$
   
   
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SetFormat MyFormat MyString$
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  MyString$ = PutFormat(MyFormat)
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Following the SetFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.  
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Following the PutFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.  
See also GetFormat  
See also GetFormat  
This statement was introduced with Comet32.
This statement was introduced with Comet32.

Latest revision as of 21:50, 18 August 2011

GetFormat

Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$

Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT. It "reads" the format from the string.

Example:

Length 10 & local a$,b$
MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$

GetFormat MyFormat MyString$

Following the GetFormat, a$ would contain the first 10 bytes of MyString$ and b$ would contain the next 10 bytes.

See also PutFormat

This statement was introduced with Comet32.

PutFormat

Syntax: PutFormat format-statement-label string$

Discussion: The PutFormat statement loads the contents of a string with the variables in a FORMAT. It "writes" the format into the string.

Example:

Length 10 & local a$,b$
MyFormat: FORMAT a$;b$

 MyString$ = PutFormat(MyFormat)

Following the PutFormat, MyString$ would contain the concatenation of a$ and b$.

See also GetFormat

This statement was introduced with Comet32.

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