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user: You are replying to All about "Re: pointers:help".

They wrote:
>
> On Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:09:28 -0500, Krogg <krogg.no.to.spam@inspace.net>
> wrote:
>
> '==================================Subject: pointers:help
> From: Krogg <krogg.no.to.spam@inspace.net>
> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 06:09:28 -0500
> --------
> >I am using trypb32 and have ordered 3.5 for dos.(waiting for it
> >to come in mail :) )
> >
> >What i want to do is make an array that is 100x100 and
> >store the address for a 100x100 section of the mode 13h
> >vga screen.then i can do like
> >"@scrn(x,y)=pixelcolor"
> >the help file says that pointers are faster than poke and peek
> >and using an array would be faster than
> >saying "poke 320*y+x" anyhow cause it would eliminate a multiply
> >and an add.
>
> Hi,
>
>   You're confusing apples and oranges. If you want to address the whole
> with a 2D array then you need to DIM it as ABSOLUTE. (See code, below)
>
>   On the other hand, if you were to use an indexed pointer then you'd not
> an array.
>
> DIM S_prt AS BYTE PTR
> S_ptr = &hA0000000
>
> FOR X% = 0 TO 319
>   FOR Y% = 0 TO 199
>     Ofs% = ( Y% * 320 ) + X%
>     @S_ptr[Ofs%] = ( (x%+y%) AND 255 )
>   NEXT
> NEXT
> Got it?
>     @S_ptr[Ofs%] = ( (x%+y%) AND 255 )
>   ____    _    ____      ____  _____
>  |  _ \  / \  / ___) __ | ___)(_   _)
>  | |_)  / _ \ \____\/  \|  _)   | |
>  |____//_/ \_\(____/\__/|_|     |_|
>     Reply to: d83@ath.forthnet.gr
>      www.basicguru.com/schullian
>
> -----------begin code-----------------
> DEFINT A-Z
>
> DIM ABSOLUTE Scrn(319,199) AS BYTE AT &hA000
>
> asm mov ax,&h13                       ;chained 320x200 256 vga
> asm int &h10
>
> for x=1 to 100                        'show test pattern
>   for y=1 to 100                        'It works good enuf
>     scrn(x,y) = y+x                       'dont know if faster yet though
>   next y                                'BTW y+x ranges from 2-200 and
> next x                                'its just some diagonal lines
>
> poop:
> a$=inkey$                             'lame loop,but it werks.
> if a$="" then goto poop
>
> asm mov ax,&h03                       ;reset normal 80x25 text mode
> asm int &h10
> cls
> ?"done"
>
> end

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assistant: From: Krogg <krogg.no.to.spam@inspace.net>
Subject: Re: pointers:help
Don Schullian wrote:
screen
need
This one didn't werk.I get a "invalid sub/function label" error
in the line:
maybe trypb32 doesnt yet have indexed pointers?
maybe when pb3.5 comes it will work.?
Hey,this works fine(thanks,im a dufus).I got to know though is it really
faster than POKE?I will test it!!
Another thing i just have to know is:
(and if anything in the manuals that come with pb3.5 give clues
then dont tell me)
if i want to make more ABSOLUTE arrays how can i find "safe" segments
to use for it?Is there some reference?On the net?
And :
What would be the fastest way to copy a segment to another segment,
Ya know,fer page fliping.
Oh,Hey thanks dude.I must be boring.
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