Sinclair QL User Manual

You can, however, force a display of the values of the variables in an active screen from
within a program using the sprint command. The following one-line program will show
all the records, as required
f
1r 5 t : Let x =0: wh; lex <c au nt () : 5 p ri nt : n ext: let x=x+ 1 : end IN hi Le
If there IS no active screen sprint has no effect.
Remember that the display command uses fhe standard layout. It will always replace
any screen layout with
ItS own simple list of the fields of the current record of tile current
file. You must therefore ssave your screen layout before you next use display. If you
do not, your screen layout will be replaced and you will not be able to get It back again
except by redesigning
It with sedi!.
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Screen Layouts
THE SPRINT
COMMAND
THE DISPLAY
COMMAND
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Sinclair QL Specifications

General

Processor	Motorola 68008
Clock Speed	7.5 MHz
RAM	128 KB (expandable to 640 KB)
ROM	48 KB
Operating System	Sinclair QDOS
Release Year	1984
Storage	Microdrive tape loop
Graphics	256x256 pixels, 8 colors
Ports	RS-232, ROM cartridge
Sound	Beeper (internal speaker)