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| =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= to Dave Froble |
| Re: basic BASIC question |
| 31 Jan 25 11:53:50 |
From: arne@vajhoej.dk On 1/31/2025 11:39 AM, Dave Froble wrote: > On 1/31/2025 10:18 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >> Is it common to use: >> >> declare integer constant TRUE = -1 >> declare integer constant FALSE = 0 >> >> >> ? > > It works. Doesn't really matter if declared a constant. Zero is false, > anything else is true. Using 1 vs -1 has been more my experience. I got the impression that the manual/compiler prefer -1 over 1. print not 0% does print -1. Arne --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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