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var x

x = -10

Print Abs x

displays 10

see also Sgn

Asc character$

returns code

returns the Ascii code of a given character.

example

Print Asc "a"

displays 65

see also Chr

Blit srcLeft srctop srcwidth srcheight destLeft desttop destwidth destheight
copies one rectangular section of the screen to another
rectangular section.

example

LoadPic "map.bmp"

Blit 0 0 100 100 100 100 100 100

see also

Chr x
returns character$
returns a character with the given Ascii code.

example

Print Chr 65

displays "a"

see also Asc

Circle x y radius
draws a Circle.

example

Circle 200,200,100

see also GetSaveFileName

GetSaveFileName

returns fiLename$

opens a dialog box which allows the user
to pick a file to save to

example
Print GetSaveFileName

see also GetOpenFileName

GetSpriteBounce n

returns Value

gets the bounce Value of a given sprite.

example
Print GetSpriteBounce n

see also

GetSpriteDx n

returns dx

gets the dx Value of a given sprite.
this is how far it is moving in the x (horizontal) direction.
if dx is negative it will move to the Left.
if dx is positive it will move to the Right.

example
Print GetSpriteDx 1

see also GetSpriteDy

GetSpriteDy n

returns dy

gets the dy Value of a given sprite.
this is how far it is moving in the y (vertical) direction.
if dy is negative it will move up.
if dy is positive it will move down.

example
Print GetSpriteDy n

see also GetSpriteDx

GetSpriteHt n

returns height

gets the height of a given sprite.

example
Print GetSpriteHt n

see also GetSpriteWd

GetSpriteName n

returns file$

gets the fiLename of a given sprite.

example
Print GetSpriteName n

see also

GetSpriteOff n

returns state

gets the on-off status of a given sprite.

example
Print GetSpriteOff n

see also SetSpriteoff

GetSpritePicNum n

returns picturenumber

gets the picture number of a given sprite.

example
Print GetSpritePicNum n

see also SetSpritepic

GetSpriteWd n

returns width

gets the width of a given sprite.

example
Print GetSpriteWd n

see also GetSpriteHt

GetSpriteX n

returns x

gets the x position of a given sprite.

example
Print GetSpriteX n

see also GetSpriteY

GetSpriteY n

returns y

gets the y position of a given sprite.

example
Print GetSpriteY n

see also GetSpriteX

GetZone

returns zone

returns the mouse zone the mouse is in.

example
Print GetZone

see also SetZone

Input

returns String

see also Msg

Inputbox

returns String$

displays a dialogbox which the user can type some
text into.

example
Print Inputbox

see also Msg

InStr String$ subString$

returns position

searches for a String within a String. if the search
is sucessful the position within the String is returned.

example
Print InStr "abc","b"
displays 2

see also Left Mid Right

KeyPress

returns KeyPress

returns a KeyPress.

example
Print KeyPress

see also mousedown
MouseX MouseY

Left String$ Length

returns String$

example
Print Left "abcdef",3

see also Right Mid

LCase String$

returns String$

converts a String to lowercase.

example
Print LCase "abc"

see also UCase

Len String$

returns number

returns the Length of characters in a String.

example
Print Len "abc"

see also Right Mid

Line top Left bottom Right
draws a Line.

example
Line 100,100,200,200

see also Rect Polygon

LSet String$

returns String$

see also RSet

LoadMap fiLename$

loads a map file to be used with tiles.

example
LoadMap "map.txt"

see also LoadTiles

LoadPic fiLename$

displays the given picture file.

example
LoadPic "map.bmp"

see also LoadTiles

LoadSprite fiLename$ n

loads a sprite into memory.

example
LoadSprite "ship.bmp" 0

see also SetSprite

LoadTiles fiLename$

loads a bitmap of tiles.

example
LoadTiles "tiles2.bmp"

see also LoadMap

LoopSound

example
LoopSound

see also PlaySound PauseSound

Mid String$ start Length

returns String$

example
Print Mid "abcd",2,2

see also Left Right

MouseButton

returns state

returns the state of the mouse buttons.

example
Print MouseButton

see also MouseX MouseY

MouseX

returns x

returns the x position of the mouse.

example
Print MouseX

see also MouseY

MouseY

returns y

returns the y position of the mouse.

example
Print MouseY

see also MouseX

MoveSprites

moves all the sprites according to their dx
and dy Values.

example
MoveSprites

see also Refresh

Msg text$
displays a messagebox with the given String.

example
Msg "hello"

see also Inputbox

NextFile folder$

returns String$

see also CurrentDir

Paint x y colour bordercolour
fills the screen with a certain colour until a border is reached.

example

Circle 100,100,10

Paint  50,50,"red","black"

see also

Replace String$ Replace$ start Length

returns String$

Replaces a section of a String.

see also Mid

Rgb red green blue

returns colour

returns colour based on red, green and blue Values.
these Values can be anywhere between 0 and 255 inclusive.

example

Print Rgb 100,100,100

see also

RSet String$

returns String$

see also LSet

ScreenDx

returns number

returns how much the screen has scrolled in the x (horizontal)
direction.

example

ScreenDx

see also

SetBackColor colour

sets the background colour.

example

SetBackColor "red"

see also

UCaseString$

returns String$

converts a String to uppercase.

example

Print UCase abc

displays "abc"

see also LCase

UpdateScreen

see also Refresh

Val String$

return number

converts a String into a number. if it cannot do so it returns zero.
example

var a$ x

a$ = "123"

x = x + Val a$

Print x

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