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IanRogers

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Posted: 06:18pm 25 Apr 2023

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Can someone give me the several examples of MM.INFO as nothing seems to return anything.

The manual said... MM.INFO(drive) etc... I have tried nearly every iteration ( I say nearly as clearly the right one eludes me..).

Its my first go at V 5 07 06 on a pico and I was trying to obtain fee space left on B:

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Ian

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JanVolk
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Posted: 07:23pm 25 Apr 2023

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Ian,

Possibly a syntax error?
So MM.INFO is a function ? or use Print after > to get what back, ? MM.INFO$(drive) returns A: or B:.
The B: drive is SD card only and A: is Flash drive.

Jan

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Posted: 08:08pm 25 Apr 2023

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> option list
PicoMiteWEB MMBasic Version 5.07.07RC3
OPTION AUTORUN ON
OPTION COLOURCODE ON
OPTION DISPLAY 40, 110
OPTION WIFI Omnibus-Av2_EXT2, *********
OPTION TCP SERVER PORT 80, 6000
OPTION TELNET CONSOLE ON
> ?mm.info(disk size)
618496
> ?MM.INFO(VERSION)
5.0707
>

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phil99

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Posted: 09:02pm 25 Apr 2023

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This comes up often so I guess the next manual needs to explain that it will only return a value to the console with PRINT.

Mixtel90

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Posted: 09:54pm 25 Apr 2023

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I think all the MM.INFO things are read-only variables. It makes sense that you can't see them in the console without a PRINT command. However, they can also be read within a program - and not necessarily printed. The manual does, in fact, refer to them as "Predefined read only variables".

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phil99

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Posted: 10:02pm 25 Apr 2023

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"The manual does, in fact, refer to them as "Predefined read only variables"."

Yes, yet some don't realize that means at the console you need Print.

JanVolk
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Posted: 12:21am 26 Apr 2023

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Correct MM.INFO( is a function and PEEK, Time$, Date$ are also functions (Read) so we get something back from the microcontroller. Try List Functions for an overview.
And ?, Print, Poke is a command to the microcontroller (Write). Try List Commands for an overview. And after > first comes a command to tell the microcontroller what to do.

Jan

IanRogers

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Posted: 06:59am 26 Apr 2023

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Thanks everyone.
I didn't use the ? to print
> ?MM.INFO yields "0"
> MM.INFO yields "unknown command"

So ? is the actual command.. Now I know.

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JohnS
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Posted: 07:21am 26 Apr 2023

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? is just a short name for PRINT.

John

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