WAIT in Basic

[litwr]

Is there any useful example for this command?  Commodore 64 Basic allows WAIT203,64,64 to wait until any key is pressed.  Does Locomotive Basic have the similar feature?  I am looking for something better than

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10 r$=inkey$:if r$="" goto 10

[AMSDOS]

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CALL &BB18

[litwr]

Wow!  I was fixed in the Commodorish ways and missed so obvious solution.    Thanks.

[TFM]

Is there any useful example for this command?  Commodore 64 Basic allows WAIT203,64,64 to wait until any key is pressed.  Does Locomotive Basic have the similar feature?  I am looking for something better than

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10 r$=inkey$:if r$="" goto 10

Without a call you can...

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9 if inkey$="" goto 9

[dodogildo]

Isn't that same as @litwr's code

[TFM]

No, I changed the number of the line. 

[||C|-|E||]

This is funny, the other way I was fighting to implement something that waits a few seconds and I was also looking for a keyword in BASIC for it. At the end, I solved the matter in the worst possible way, with a FOR loop with a sum inside 

[TFM]

Nothing wrong with FOR-NEXT.You can add the FRAME command, so you get steps of 1/50 seconds.

[||C|-|E||]

Thank you! But somehow I felt that it was something not elegant at all  . I will add the FRAME thing, anyway, it is a great idea!

[TFM]

Thank you! But somehow I felt that it was something not elegant at all 

Well, we will never know.... [nb]Uups, tooo late![/nb]

[andycadley]

It always struck me as odd, given how well implemented the Locomotive BASIC multitasking is, that there wasn't something along the lines of the PAUSE command from Sinclair BASIC in it. Seems like something obvious (and far more so than WAIT is, given the CPC architecture).

[AMSDOS]

It always struck me as odd, given how well implemented the Locomotive BASIC multitasking is, that there wasn't something along the lines of the PAUSE command from Sinclair BASIC in it. Seems like something obvious (and far more so than WAIT is, given the CPC architecture).

Seems too obvious calling it PAUSE or WAIT, on a CPC it gives you the opportunity to explore with it's firmware & CALL &BB18 is an easy workable Keypress Routine for BASIC, you can even name a variable (anything you want) and CALL <your variable name> and it will work. 

[TFM]

Since the CPC comes from the UK it contains one of the most underestimated commands...


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[villain]

Since the CPC comes from the UK it contains one of the most underestimated commands...


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Yep, and I'm quite sure the 472 knows exclusively the command

mañana mañana



Anybody knows the german equivalent for the Schneiders? :-)

[ZbyniuR]

10 t=TIME+300*sec:WHILE t<TIME :WEND

sec = mean how many second you want wait.

Or in slide show:

t=TIME+300*8:WHILE t<TIME AND INKEY$="":WEND

That wait 8 second, but if you press any key, loop will end early.

It's work fine in my slide show:
First tests using the ConvImgCPC + minor adjustments graphics ...

[||C|-|E||]

I actually like that version, I think that it is the one I will use at the end! Thank you! 

[ZbyniuR]

I made mistake, should be  TIME<t   or    t>TIME    not   t<TIME. Sorry.

[TFM]

You can use t<>TIME too.