Does anyone know how to convert a number to string in BASIC without adding spaces or other symbols?
If it's just to print it out, PRINT USING, otherwise can't it be done with STR$ or have I forgotten some subtlety?
This would be an approximation:
10 n=-1
20 a$=STR$(n)
30 b$=LEFT$(a$,1)
40 IF b$=" " OR b$="-" THEN a$=RIGHT$(a$,LEN(a$)-1)
50 PRINT a$
a$=STR$(n):a$=RIGHT$(a$,LEN(a$)-1)
Rest is not nessesery.
Quote from: andycadley on 00:00, 02 March 24If it's just to print it out, PRINT USING, otherwise can't it be done with STR$ or have I forgotten some subtlety?
USING adds a % character when the digits are more than the template and spaces when less. And STR$ adds a space at the beginning.
Quote from: ZorrO on 03:48, 02 March 24a$=STR$(n):a$=RIGHT$(a$,LEN(a$)-1)
Rest is not nessesery.
This is the best way so far and what I'm doing now. My question was specifically if it can be done in a single command. But it looks it's not. Weird because with HEX$ it does well. I don't understand why STR$ adds a space at the beginning, but well, I'll have to stick to the long solution.
Quote from: abalore on 13:16, 02 March 24This is the best way so far and what I'm doing now. My question was specifically if it can be done in a single command. But it looks it's not. Weird because with HEX$ it does well. I don't understand why STR$ adds a space at the beginning, but well, I'll have to stick to the long solution.
I think it's a space reserved for the negative symbol (the positive symbol is always hidden?)
@TotO proposed an even simpler solution, because I need only for positive numbers:
n$=MID$(STR$(n),2)
because the third parameter in MID$ is optional and when omitted it means "to the end of the string"