Author Topic: New Tricks For Pure Basic Coders. (Read 10558 times)

Speler · « **Reply #45 on:** November 17, 2007, 07:00:00 am »

Just use StartTmr->T and StartTmr-T

JoostinOnline · « **Reply #46 on:** November 17, 2007, 09:11:00 am »

I don't think you need to keep it an 83+ only thread. Just make sure you specify that commands are only found on an 84+ when making reference to them.

simplethinker · « **Reply #47 on:** November 17, 2007, 10:19:00 am »

I think the only commands on an 84 that aren't on an 83+ are the time/date commands and the OpenLib,ExecLib ones

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #48 on:** November 17, 2007, 12:47:00 pm »

Sry I misphrased my post, I meant to say that all 83+ BASIC posts should be kept 83+ and that a warning should be made if a trick is 84+ only, for example bold text at top of the post saying "warning: this trick is 84+ only"

that way new people can make the difference and not ask why they cannot find the command or get confused

Halifax · « **Reply #49 on:** November 17, 2007, 01:28:00 pm »

Oh okay, well yeah the trick isn't 84+ only. The trick can work for both calculators just fine.

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #50 on:** November 17, 2007, 01:30:00 pm »

Really? Cuz it had Tmr suffix/prefix in the function name and 83+/SE has no clock o.o

Halifax · « **Reply #51 on:** November 17, 2007, 01:44:00 pm »

The timer thing wasn't the trick.

The e3 against 10^( was the trick.

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #52 on:** November 17, 2007, 02:22:00 pm »

yeah i know this was 83+ compatible, i was talking about the starttmr thing afterward

Halifax · « **Reply #53 on:** November 17, 2007, 02:33:00 pm »

Ah, okay. Yeah, I don't think anyone was mentioning startTmr as a trick. They were just correcting what someone was saying.

Sorry if I am misinterpreting what you are saying.

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #54 on:** November 18, 2007, 01:54:00 pm »

nah this is ok, I may have missed something too, It was weird that it jumped right from e3 to startTmr o.o

simplethinker · « **Reply #55 on:** November 19, 2007, 10:18:00 am »

They were just using the timer to prove which command was faster/slower, it's easier than counting bars/pixels

Halifax · « **Reply #56 on:** November 19, 2007, 11:54:00 am »

Haha, yeah. Easier is an understatement; counting with bars/pixels sucks compared to letting the timer do it. Plus I can run as many tests as I want, and as fast as I want without screwing up.

JoostinOnline · « **Reply #57 on:** November 20, 2007, 05:37:00 am »

QuoteBegin-simplethinker+17 Nov, 2007, 16:19-->

QUOTE (simplethinker @ 17 Nov, 2007, 16:19)

I think the only commands on an 84 that aren't on an 83+ are the time/date commands and the OpenLib,ExecLib ones

They added others as well. For a complete list visit http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_os_84plus.html?subid=4&topid=60 and http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_os_84plus.html?subid=2&topid=60

Halifax · « **Reply #58 on:** November 20, 2007, 02:02:00 pm »

Ah, that's cool. So basically, yeah, it is only the timer and lib commands, and a new GetCalc that are added.