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Chapter
10 I
BASIC Keywords
LOCATE
Statement
LOCATE [row][, [coZurnnl[, [cursor] [,[startl[,stopllll
Positions the cursor on the screen.
Row
is a numeric expression in the range 1 to 25 that indicates
the screen row where you want to position the cursor.
Column
is a numeric expression that indicates the screen column
where you want to position the cursor. It may be in the range 1
to 40 or 1 to 80, depending on the current screen width.
Cursor
indicates whether the cursor is visible or invisible. Set
cursor
to 1 for a visible cursor and to 0 for an invisible cursor.
Start
specifies the starting scan line of the cursor. There are 7
scan lines available for the cursor. Start must be an integer in
the range 0 to 7, where 0 is the top line and 7 is the bottom line.
Stop specifies the ending scan line of the cursor. Stop must be in
the same range as
start.
If
stop
is less then
start
BASIC displays
a split cursor.
Cursor, start,
and
stop
are only effective in Screen Mode 0.
Examples
LOCATE 1 0 , 2 0 , 1 , 4
positions a half cursor on Row 10 in Column 20.
LOCATE 2 4 , l ,l , 7
positions an underline cursor in the first position of the last line.
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