Action
Reads those values and assigns them to variables.
Syntax
READ var
Remarks
Var |
Variable that is assigned data value. |
It is best to place the DATA lines at the end of your program.
It is important that the variable is of the same type as the stored data.
See also
Example
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'name : readdata.bas
'copyright : (c) 1995-2025, MCS Electronics
'purpose : demo : READ,RESTORE
'micro : Mega48
'suited for demo : yes
'commercial addon needed : no
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$regfile = "m48def.dat" ' specify the used micro
$crystal = 4000000 ' used crystal frequency
$baud = 19200 ' use baud rate
$hwstack = 32 ' default use 32 for the hardware stack
$swstack = 10 ' default use 10 for the SW stack
$framesize = 40 ' default use 40 for the frame space
Dim A As Integer , B1 As Byte , Count As Byte
Dim S As String * 15
Dim L As Long
Restore Dta1 'point to stored data
For Count = 1 To 3 'for number of data items
Read B1 : Print Count ; " " ; B1
Next
Restore Dta2 'point to stored data
For Count = 1 To 2 'for number of data items
Read A : Print Count ; " " ; A
Next
Restore Dta3
Read S : Print S
Read S : Print S
Restore Dta4
Read L : Print L 'long type
'demonstration of readlabel
Dim W As Iram Word At 8 Overlay ' location is used by restore pointer
'note that W does not use any RAM it is an overlayed pointer to the data pointer
W = Loadlabel(dta1) ' loadlabel expects the labelname
Read B1
Print B1
End
Dta1:
Data &B10 , &HFF , 10
Dta2:
Data 1000% , -1%
Dta3:
Data "Hello" , "World"
'Note that integer values (>255 or <0) must end with the %-sign
'also note that the data type must match the variable type that is
'used for the READ statement
Dta4:
Data 123456789&
'Note that LONG values must end with the &-sign
'Also note that the data type must match the variable type that is used
'for the READ statement