Re: basic BASIC question

On 1/31/2025 1:28 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

Is it common to use:
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declare integer const

ant TRUE = -1

declare integer constant FALSE = 0
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Oh goody. The "good" old days, when TRUE did not equal TRUE, are back. :-)
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Simon.
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Not sure what that means ...
In any case, consider testing for bit settings.  Assume that the bit value "4", that's bit 2 set, and wanting to test for that particular bit.
If <variable/constant/whatever> AND 4 then print "True", else print "False"
If only -1 was "true", then that statement would not work.  That would be rather sad.  So, non-zero being true is a good implementation.
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