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Author:  PaulA [ Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:23 pm ]
Post subject:  clock display using basic

Many years ago I saw a program that had a display of the current time/date that updated itself every second. I couldn't understand how the code worked, but I do remember there was no assembler involved.

I have the code for the BBC's own VTR clock, which is just a repeat until loop that finishes whenever 1 second passes.

Given its common to have a countdown timer etc in some games, what alternative code exists out there ? Google is being stupid as per normal.

Author:  tautology [ Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: clock display using basic

There's the TIME pseudo variable which is updated every 100th of a second, so to do a seconds clock you can just do:
Code:
TIME=0:REPEAT:REPEAT UNTIL TIME MOD 100=0:PRINT TIME DIV 100:UNTIL 0

Which'll give you a counter that updates each second.

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