IB Statements/GetFormat

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GetFormat Syntax: GetFormat format-statement-label string$ Discussion: The GetFormat statement distributes one string amongst the contents of all variables in a FORMAT. 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 SetFormat

This statement was introduced with Comet32.

SetFormat Syntax: SetFormat format-statement-label string$ Discussion: The SetFormat statement load the variables in a FORMAT with the contents of a string. Example:

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

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

See also GetFormat

This statement was introduced with Comet32.