| Message Title | Author and Date |
| Is it necessary to master BASIC before moving on to other languages | Anonymous on Jan 16 |
| * NO, but other languages are harder to grasp. |
on Jan 16 |
| The key is to do what interests you |
on Jan 16 |
| ^^^^ best possible answer to that question | wfbarnes on Jan 16 |
| off-topic question | Ben on Jan 16 |
| We kept Bush, didn't we? Although in the private sector, you bet he gets fired! |
on Jan 16 |
| Will "programmer" be a dead job very soon? | Ben on Jan 16 |
| You should become an M.D... |
on Jan 16 |
| * Should be vertabrae because it is plural | qbguy on Jan 16 |
| *I thought I typed vertebrae, but I didn't. Hey, maybe Ben should be an optometrist! |
on Jan 17 |
| *Never. Computers are stupid. We need smart people to tell computers what to do. | Solitaire on Jan 16 |
| *Perhaps, but young people who dream otherwise might just change the world one day |
on Jan 17 |
| Haven't you heard.? Obama is coming and change is on the way... | Pete on Jan 17 |
| Not quite | Engineer on Jan 17 |
| * Software engineer = lesser programmer? | Ben on Jan 17 |
| The difference between a Software Engineer and a Software Programmer is simple... |
on Jan 17 |
| Eh? | Anonymous on Jan 17 |
| It was a joke. | qbguy on Jan 17 |
| * Should be "fewer" programmers | Grammar Police on Jan 17 |
| *There are fewer programmers! What part of this thread didn't you understandificate? :) |
on Jan 17 |
| They mean the same thing | qbguy on Jan 17 |
| Ok | Anonymous on Jan 17 |
| BLS | Anonymous on Jan 17 |
| BLS Continued | Anonymous on Jan 17 |
| *And exactly WHAT and WHO are you? You apparently like talking to yourself. |
on Jan 17 |
| *You're talking to me? | Anonymous on Jan 17 |
| * Don't mind him. he's the annoying one. | Ben on Jan 17 |
| * Go play with your Dosbox wittle boy! |
on Jan 17 |
| The correct term is "developers" (* URL) | Steve Ballmer on Jan 17 |
| *good lord, man. that guy leads a company? |
on Jan 22 |
| Incremential search | Lisztfr on Jan 16 |
| ok | Lisztfr on Jan 16 |
| When INSTR returns 0, you have reached the end of a line |
on Jan 16 |
| Other idea | Lisztfr on Jan 16 |
| *Thanks ! | Lisztfr on Jan 16 |
| Count words using INSTR | Solitaire on Jan 16 |
| the problem | Lisztfr on Jan 17 |
| How about a highlighted search demo... |
on Jan 17 |
| nice | Lisztfr on Jan 17 |
| I tell you my little Rosanne Rosannadanna , it's always something! | Mrs. Rosannadanna on Jan 17 |
| Incremential search | Lisztfr on Jan 16 |
| INSTR is your friend... |
on Jan 16 |
| * However, INSTR apparently cannot tell you when you are in a double post. |
on Jan 16 |
| Galleon could add that feature in QB64 | qbguy on Jan 16 |
| No, don't use LCASE$, use UCASE$ | qbguy on Jan 16 |
| Parsing added... |
on Jan 16 |
| Must I optimize everything I do? OK, that faster parsing trick... |
on Jan 16 |
| * But you did use LCASE$ in your example | qbguy on Jan 16 |
| Which is ironic, becaue I almost always use UCASE$() |
on Jan 16 |
| Actually, with locales, using lcase vs ucase makes a difference | qbguy on Jan 16 |
| This does not use UCASE or LCASE! |
on Jan 16 |
| Pete was only using LCASE and UCASE for case-insensitive search | qbguy on Jan 16 |
| * I know! So who cares if it uses an extra bit anyhow? |
on Jan 16 |
| No one | qbguy on Jan 17 |
| * And naturally Linus did not have that problem :-) |
on Jan 17 |
| That would never happen, because everyon knows Windows is a 2-bit operating system! |
on Jan 17 |
| I thought they got it | qbguy on Jan 17 |
| OK, this cake is done... Added scrolling. |
on Jan 16 |
| Please help me program pong | PongPlayer on Jan 15 |
| You shouldn't have left it this late |
on Jan 15 |
| It's not displaying my paddles | PongPlayer on Jan 15 |
| Why would you GET the paddle when LINE ... BF is much _MUCH_ faster? | Ben on Jan 15 |
| I don't understand you | PongPlayer on Jan 15 |
| Putting your code after my code isn't going to work. |
on Jan 15 |
| More problems |
on Jan 15 |
| AND? I'll take a wild guess that you expected AND to do both, it will not... |
on Jan 15 |
| Your code is ready | Ben on Jan 15 |
| Nice | Anonymous on Jan 15 |
| issues with qbasic |
on Jan 15 |
| That's not QBASIC -- that's QB64 | qbguy on Jan 15 |
| well... | Josh on Jan 15 |
| RE: c++ compilation failed |
on Jan 16 |
| Why there may be more posts like this. | roy on Jan 16 |
| *That should be Dav. | roy on Jan 16 |
| *nvm |
on Jan 15 |
| Letter encryption |
on Jan 15 |
| * You want your password actually encrypted? or do you mean you want it inputed with *s? | Ben on Jan 15 |
| Re: * You want your password actually encrypted? or do you mean you want it inputed with *s? |
on Jan 15 |
| Use the INPUT$(1) command. Here's how.... | Solitaire on Jan 15 |
| Just print out asterisks while getting the key entries |
on Jan 15 |
| Re: Just print out asterisks while getting the key entries | Kyle Neault on Jan 15 |
| *There's a topic dedicated to this question in the FAQ. |
on Jan 15 |
| Help With #6 |
on Jan 15 |
| I got it | Anonymous on Jan 15 |
| Good luck |
on Jan 15 |
| Re: Good luck | Anonymous on Jan 15 |
| Re: Good luck | Anonymous on Jan 15 |
| * Who is this "Bruce" | Anonymous on Jan 15 |
| *my comp sci teacher |
on Jan 15 |
| *This website is the grandfather of all websites. This website will pwn any opposer. |
on Jan 15 |
| *exactly now can I get some help to my original ? lol |
on Jan 15 |
| my impression is that your program is quite overly complicated. |
on Jan 15 |
| *wow, lots of mistakes I didnt notice...thanks for that! |
on Jan 15 |
| you're welcome, but... |
on Jan 15 |
| I think he specified a binary search and a shell sort | Anonymous on Jan 15 |
| *nah its cool...it works, and thats all that matters |
on Jan 15 |
| Re: *nah its cool...it works, and thats all that matters |
on Jan 16 |
| Question about int 33,9, CHAIN, and others | Ben on Jan 14 |
| * A part of my post was cut off for some reason? :-0 | Ben on Jan 14 |
| Re: Question about int 33,9, CHAIN, and others |
on Jan 14 |
| Thanks for the answers | Ben on Jan 14 |
| Re: Thanks for the answers |
on Jan 15 |
| * good information! thanks! | Ben on Jan 15 |
| Re: MMX |
on Jan 16 |
| I need help with one last thing |
on Jan 14 |
| Binary Search | qbguy on Jan 14 |
| *So change the Function parts to a loop? |
on Jan 14 |
| Ok...Im just gunna post the whole thing here... |
on Jan 14 |
| OK | qbguy on Jan 14 |
| Well...ok... |
on Jan 14 |
| OK | qbguy on Jan 14 |
| ONE last thing |
on Jan 14 |
| * Can you post the entire modified code? | qbguy on Jan 14 |
| Here |
on Jan 14 |
| This should work | Anonymous on Jan 14 |
| *The Return on the sort, I get a Return Without GOSUB error |
on Jan 14 |
| * Add an END before the line "sort:" line. | Anonymous on Jan 14 |
| *oops, didnt notice the END was missing...my bad |
on Jan 14 |
| One more thing...(Sorry!) |
on Jan 14 |
| Re: One more thing...(Sorry!) | Anonymous on Jan 14 |
| *THANK YOU! |
on Jan 14 |
| * Called also dichotomic search | Anonymous on Jan 14 |
| *that doesnt help me >.> |
on Jan 14 |
| Some QBasic problems... | sicko on Jan 13 |
| * Let us see your attempt. | Ben on Jan 13 |
| OK | qbguy on Jan 13 |
| Solutions | Bill Gate$ on Jan 13 |
| replying.. | sicko on Jan 13 |
| You are working with numbers now! Not screen displays. |
on Jan 13 |
| The reason those solutions are too advanced for you.... | Solitaire on Jan 14 |
| Re: Some QBasic problems... |
on Jan 13 |
| * You can also do number AND 1 | qbguy on Jan 13 |
| *Great explanation Mr. Wizard............... |
on Jan 13 |
| OK here's a better explanation | qbguy on Jan 14 |
| And God said, "Let there be QBasic." And it was... and still is, good. |
on Jan 14 |
| *yeah, I was thinking about that this morning. |
on Jan 14 |
| Range of ability |
on Jan 13 |
| nope | Lisztfr on Jan 13 |
| lol@DOS definition... |
on Jan 13 |
| Thank Bob |
on Jan 13 |
| google has answers. |
on Jan 13 |
| Thank Michael |
on Jan 13 |
| *you're welcome. |
on Jan 13 |
| Dos humor | Lisztfr on Jan 13 |
| *BASIC is not just a DOS language. |
on Jan 13 |
| Re: BASIC is not just a DOS language | Ralph on Jan 13 |
| For one thing, BASIC is over a decade older than DOS |
on Jan 13 |
| BASIC is pretty BASIC |
on Jan 14 |
| I used BASIC on my Commodore 64 and also | Solitaire on Jan 15 |
| *Thanks, Michael. I guess any application can be "made" for any OS. | Ralph on Jan 22 |
| *(URL) |
on Jan 13 |
| *Re Michael;s URL, "List of BASICS by platforms". Great! | Ralph on Jan 22 |
| Library: User-Defined Type |
on Jan 12 |
| *Sort of. The UDT must be declared in a .BI file. |
on Jan 12 |
| Are the $Include statements in the .BAS... |
on Jan 13 |
| Ok, here's how it should be done: | lkt153 on Jan 13 |
| Excellent, thank you! |
on Jan 13 |
| Serial port | Lisztfr on Jan 12 |
| This works with three-wire null cables |
on Jan 12 |
| * the thingamajigger is just flooding my screen :/ | Lisztfr on Jan 12 |
| Flooding it with what? |
on Jan 12 |
| teletype | Lisztfr on Jan 13 |
| Sending files | Lisztfr on Jan 13 |
| forgot to open the port under DOS | Lisztfr on Jan 13 |
| Default baud rate |
on Jan 14 |
| I created an account |
on Jan 11 |
| * This is NOT a chat forum! It is for QB coding questions or problems. |
on Jan 11 |
| *Give him a break, he hasn't been here forever. |
on Jan 11 |
| True |
on Jan 11 |
| I know | SyntaxError92 on Jan 11 |
| got it...then nvm |
on Jan 11 |
| *Sai, the asterisk is in the Title if there is no text inside. It is a courtesy! |
on Jan 11 |
| * Sorry, I didnt know that...thanks! |
on Jan 12 |
| Qbasic.com has it's own chatroom and we have one here. |
on Jan 11 |