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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Help for multi line comment please
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Hans Senior Member  Joined: 18/10/2022 Location: CanadaPosts: 116 |
hi all; I'm using the newest release of picomite code and perhaps my error is not understanding the wording in the manual regarding multi line comments. I am getting an error that I think is telling me the end of the comment is missing. Here are the screen shots;    I just wanted to comment out a bunch of code, without the comments the code all works. Thanks for your help guys. Hans ...  |
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LeoNicolas Guru  Joined: 07/10/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 479 |
I don't know if Basic has multiline comments, and it's strange to use C style comment blocks. I could be wrong, but is strange  |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6787 |
MMBasic does have multi-line comments now. :) Does it work if you use individual comments on each line, Hans? What happens if you run it as a DO/LOOP instead of calling it as a SUB? EDIT: I've just tried something similar and it looks to me as if */ isn't closing the comment. On removing the multi-line comment marks the editor reverts to b/w too, although adding a new ' comment still colours that correctly. Other new commands aren't coloured. . Edited 2024-01-30 06:00 by Mixtel90 Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| Hans Senior Member Joined: 18/10/2022 Location: CanadaPosts: 116 |
Hi Mick; Yes it will run without error if I individually comment each line. I just thought it would be nicer to comment out a bunch of lines with this new functionality. But now it's a case of understanding what the manual is saying in the event I have a larger project and want to mass comment. The sub routine is actually an interrupt handler for the buttons pushed. I probably should have mentioned that. Did not try the do loop and you can see why in the program I provided. I have an Arduino pinned hat with a joystick and 6 buttons. Too many wires in the way to test coding with just the joystick so I dug the joystick out of my Arduino kit and just wired it separately. ' Funduino Version 5 ' 3V switched on SetPin gp6,intl,button 'K SetPin gp7,intl,button 'A SetPin gp8,intl,button 'B SetPin gp26,ain SetPin gp27,ain 'Print "Funduino Joystick" Print "" Do Print Pin(gp26), Pin(gp27) Pause 300 Loop Sub button If Pin(gp6)=0 Then Print "K = PRESSED" Pause 300 EndIf /* If Pin(gp7)=0 Then Print "A = PRESSED" Pause 300 EndIf If Pin(gp8)=0 Then Print "B = PRESSED" Pause 300 EndIf */ End Sub BTW this is the original controller I was using. I got rid of the headers on top of the board.  Thanks guys, Hans ... |
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| twofingers Guru Joined: 02/06/2014 Location: GermanyPosts: 1241 |
Hi Hans, I think you did everything right. Looks like a MMBasic bug to me. Best regards Michael causality ≠ correlation ≠ coincidence |
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| Hans Senior Member Joined: 18/10/2022 Location: CanadaPosts: 116 |
Hi Michael; Maybe but the manual wording is tricky. I have tried different coding methods to no avail.  Maybe I'm reading too much into this. Thanks guys Hans ... Edited 2024-01-30 07:54 by Hans |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6787 |
No, I think what you've done is correct. /* this is a multiline comment */ and you can use this line as well works correctly as a piece of stand-alone code. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9115 |
Multi-line comments can't be used inside subroutines and functions - this is a limitation of the way they work |
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| twofingers Guru Joined: 02/06/2014 Location: GermanyPosts: 1241 |
It's good that this could be clarified. Regards Michael causality ≠ correlation ≠ coincidence |
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| Hans Senior Member Joined: 18/10/2022 Location: CanadaPosts: 116 |
Hi Peter; Thank you for that bit of information. Thank you to all who responded.  Hans ... |
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