Axe Parser

[Bhaliar]

When Axe parser says it will compile a program, what does that exactly mean. I'm confused. I wanna try to learn so that I can try to enter the axe parser contest on omnimaga.com.

[Builderboy2005]

This question is probably better asked on Omnimaga, but i will try to explain. Axe parser is *not* basic, and it does *not* have the same syntax as basic, although it is very similar. When you want to write an Axe program, you type it directly into the editor that TiBasic uses. Then, when you are finished, you go to the Axe app, select your program, and Axe will take the code you have written, and turn it into assembly. This is a basic example program in Axe. Notice that the syntax is slightly different. Getkey number 15 is the clear button. Output is not x,y instead of y,x and starts at 0,0. To display a number you need to add >Dec to the end. And the most important difference is the header .Counter which tells Axe that it is indeed an Axe program, and it tells it the name of the program to compile it to.

.COUNTER
0->A
Repeat getKey=15
A+1->A
Output(0,0,A>Dec
End

Try typing this program out, downloading Axe, compiling this program, then running Counter with the Asm() token. See what you get!

[calc84maniac]

I think you need the program name to be all capital letters, so .COUNTER might be better.

[Builderboy2005]

Ah yes that is true. Silly regular keyboard making it so easy to type in lowercase

[Bhaliar]

So Basically, it changes what the syntax of the code does? So ii Put Output(1,1,"X" In the editor, and dint compile it but ran, it would output X in the first block, but after compiling, it would output it in the 2,2 spot?

[Builderboy2005]

Well you have to realize there are two programs. The first is what you type out onto your calculator, which is your source. This source is *not* ever run, as it would most likely just give you a syntax error. But when you compile, you select the source, and Axe creates a NEW program in Assembly. This is the program that you run. The reason certain commands have been changed is for usability. For example Pt-On no longer turns on points, but displays sprites. Horizontal can be used to shift the screen. And RecalPic can be used to switch buffers. Its all very new for the calculators, have you downloaded the application? It comes with full documentations and help files, you should take a look at it.

[Bhaliar]

[Builderboy2005]

Yeah, thats a great way to put it. The only thing you need to remember is that you wont be programing in Basic. You will be programing in a language very close to basic, but there are differences.

[Bhaliar]