Radio Shack TRS-80 model III Owner's Manual page 140

DISK BASIC
name:
JIM
CRICKET*
JR.
address:
2000 EAST PECAN ST,
This
is
accomplished with
the
two
statements:
LSET NM$="JIM CRICKET
»JR,
"
LSET
AD$="2000 EAST PECAN
ST.
"
This puts the data in
the buffer
as
follows:
JIM
CRICKET.
JR.
Z000
EAST PECAN ST.
NM$
AD$
Note
that filler
spaces
were placed
to
the right
of
the data
strings in
both cases.
If
we had used rset
instead
of
lset statements, the
filler
spaces
would have
been placed
on
the
left.
This
is
the
only
difference
between lset and
rset.
For example:
RSET NM*="JIM CRICKET.
JR.
"
RSET
AD$="2000 EAST PECAN
ST.
"
places data in the fields
as follows:
JIM
CRICKET.
JR.
2000 EAST PECAN
ST,
NM$
AD$
If
a string
item
is
too large to
fit
in
the specified buffer
field,
it
is
always
truncated
on
the right.
That
is,
the extra characters
on the right are ignored.
CVD, CVI
and
CVS
Restore String
to
Numeric
Form
vrnfexi
iiititi
exp$ defines
an eight-character string;
exp$
is
typically
the
name
of
a
buffer field
containing a
numeric
string.
If
im(exp$)<S, an
illegal
function call error occurs;
if
im(exp$)>&, only the
first
eight
„
a
two-character string;
exp$
is
typically
the
name
of a buffer
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