S Y M B 0 L AFT E R will NOT
operate
if
invoked AFTER
the
value
of H I M E M
has
been
altered
using
the
M E M 0 R Y command, or
by
the
opening of a file buffer
with
OPENI
Nor
OPENOUT.
Under
such
circumstances,
an
'Imprope
r
argument'
error
(5)
will
be
reported, (unless
the
previous
state
was S Y M
BO
L AFT E R
256).
Further
information
concerning user-defined
characters
will be found
in
part
2
ofthe
chapter
entitled
'At
your
leisure
....
'.
Associatedkeywords: H I M
EM,
MEMO
RY,
S
YMBO
L
TAB
(See P R I N T TAB)
TAG
TAG
[#
<
stream
expression>]
10
INPUT
"enter
your name";a$:CLS
20
PRINT
"You
certainLy
get
around
";a$
30
TAG
40
x=LEN(a$)*17:y=50+RND*300:MOVE
-x,y
50
FOR
f=-x
TO
640
STEP
RND*7+3
60
MOVE
f,y:PRINT " ";a$;:FRAME:NEXT
70
FOR
b=640
TO
-x
STEP-RND*7+3
80
MOVE
b,y:PRINT
a$;"
";:FRAME:NEXT
90
GOTO
40
run
COMMAND:
Sends
any
text
specified for
the
given <stream expression> to be
printed
at
the
graphics cursor position.
This
allows
text
and
symbols to be mixed
with
graphics, or moved pixel
by
pixel
as
opposed to
character
by
character. The <stream
expression>
defaults
to # 0
if
omitted.
The top
left
ofthe
character
cell is TAGged (Text
At
Graphics) to
the
graphics cursor,
and
non-printing
control
characters
(e.g.
line
feed
and
carriage
return)
will display
if
the
PR
I N T
statement
is
not
terminated
by
a semicolon.
In
the
default
stream
(#
0),
BASIC will switch off
TAG
when
returning
to direct
mode.
Associated keywords:
TAG
0 F F
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