QBasic 1.1: SCREEN Function
Explanation
SCREEN Function
Returns the ASCII value or color attribute of a character at a specified screen location.
Worth knowing
Useful and cross-version information about the programming environments of QBasic, QuickBasic and Visual Basic for DOS.
Syntax
| SCREEN (row%,column% [,colorflag%]) |
Description / Parameter(s)
| row% |
The row coordinate of a character. |
| column% |
The column coordinate of a character. |
| colorflag% |
A value (0 or 1) that specifies what is returned. |
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| Value | Returns |
| 0 (or omitted) | The character's ASCII code. |
| 1 | The character's color attribute. |
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Example
CLS
PRINT "Hello"
PRINT "The ASCII value of character at 1,1 is"; SCREEN(1, 1)