Small useful ASM library

[Ed H]

Here's an idea for a small but useful ASM library: set one variable to another; the names of the variables are given in a string. So you'd run something like this:
"LA:LEXAMPLE":prgmSET
Or similar. Maybe an option to choose the type of the variable. I don't know ASM, so basically I'm just asking someone to write this program for me... but it would add a functionality that I think BASIC really needs. Example: in an RPG, you could ask a user to name their own save file; and then the user could just copy the save file (a list) to another calculator and continue the game. Plus it could offer some of XtraVar's functionality, allowing the user to store to a bunch of variables, which is nice. Would anyone else find this useful? Cause seriously, I would.

[tifreak8x]

Well, in *theory* this is already available through Celtic2. If you take the time to figure out a system to make the save/load feature, that is.

[Ed H]

But I'm thinking of something small - on the order of 100 bytes or less. (I'm not sure how realistic this is; I'm not very familiar with ASM programming.) I'd rather use a small program that does one thing and does it well than a huge program that does a bunch of things.

BTW, I can't seem to find Celtic2 anywhere. Where can I find it?

Edit: Hah, nevermind. I found CelticIII right in the forum index.

[tifreak8x]

Well... to my knowledge, I may have the only working copy of celtic 2 with a readme... Let me see about loading it to my site and post a link.. :)

Also, it is not a very big program either, and does a couple of other nice features.

[simplethinker]

Here's Celtic II and the readme:
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[tifreak8x]

ah, ok, saves me the trouble of looking for it in the thousand or so files in my external hdd... XD

[Ed H]

Hm, that's not bad. I'd still like to see the program I mentioned written, though. The only way I see with Celtic2 to write a list to another list with the names taken from a string would be to write a new BASIC program and execute it, which takes a bunch of space in the original program. Anyway, if no one else writes this program, hopefully I'll be able to write it myself soon.

[simplethinker]

Here's a 110 byte program to copy the contents of L1 to any list.
Store the name of the list you want into Str3, then execute:

[vuurrobin]

if celtic2 is to big, you could try the celtic3 program (not app) and recompile it with only the functions you need. Iambian created it so it would be really easy to recompile it.
celtic 3 program:
http://iambianet.freewebpage.org/project0.html

and celtic2 is in the UTI archive...


as for saving data for RPGs, you could just store it in an appvar. then it wouldn't be changed by the user that easy.