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5: BASIC Stamp Command Reference – LCDOUT
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Conversion
Formatter
Type of Number Notes
DEC{1..5} Decimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 5 digits 1
SDEC{1..5} Signed decimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 5 digits 1,2
HEX{1..4} Hexadecimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 4 digits 1
SHEX{1..4} Signed hexadecimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 4 digits 1,2
IHEX{1..4} Indicated hexadecimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 4 digits ($ prefix) 1
ISHEX{1..4}
Signed, indicated hexadecimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 4 digits
($ prefix)
1,2
BIN{1..16} Binary, optionally fixed to 1 – 16 digits 1
SBIN{1..16} Signed binary, optionally fixed to 1 – 16 digits 1,2
IBIN{1..16} Indicated binary, optionally fixed to 1 – 16 digits (% prefix) 1
ISBIN{1..16} Signed, indicated binary, optionally fixed to 1 – 16 digits (% prefix) 1,2
1 Fixed-digit formatters like DEC4 will pad the number with leading 0s if necessary; ex:
DEC4 65 sends 0065. If a number is larger than the specified number of digits, the
leading digits will be dropped; ex: DEC4 56422 sends 6422.
2 Signed modifiers work under two's complement rules.
Special Formatter Action
?
Displays "symbol = x' + carriage return; where x is a number.
Default format is decimal, but may be combined with conversion
formatters (ex: BIN ? x to display "x = binary_number").
ASC ?
Displays "symbol = 'x'" + carriage return; where x is an ASCII
character.
STR ByteArray {\L}
Send character string from an array. The optional \L argument
can be used to limit the output to L characters, otherwise,
characters will be sent up to the first byte equal to 0 or the end of
RAM space is reached.
REP Byte \L
Send a string consisting of Byte repeated L times
(ex: REP "X"\10 sends "XXXXXXXXXX").
The Command argument is useful for proceeding a set of data with a
special LCD instruction. For example, the code below will move the
cursor to location 64 (the first character on the second line) and print "Hi":
LCDOUT 1, 128 + 64, ["Hi"]
The next example, below, will turn on the blinking block cursor and print
"Yo!":
LCDOUT 1, 13, ["Yo!"]
Occasionally, you will want to send data without preceding it with a
command. To do this, simply use 0 for the Command argument, as in:
LCDOUT 1, 0, ["Hello there!"]
Table 5.34: LCDOUT Special
Formatters.
Table 5.33: LCDOUT Conversion
Formatters.
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SING THE COMMAND ARGUMENT
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