blue circle isn't drawing and print isn't working?

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RE: blue circle isn't drawing and print isn't working? - SMcNeill - 09-21-2024

(09-21-2024, 04:05 AM)madscijr Wrote: It's single because that's the default type for an unsuffixed variable not explicitly DIMmed as something else.
The default can be changed with the DEF{type} command, e.g., DEFLNG for long.
Is that right?

Exactly. And that's basically what your original issue was. You had this basic code:

DIM x~&
x = 123

So the x you were using was SINGLE (which won't hold blue color channels due to rounding in scientific notation), even though all your DIM statements were for x~&.

Option Explicit would've caught the issue for you in a second. Wink

RE: blue circle isn't drawing and print isn't working? - TerryRitchie - 09-21-2024

(09-21-2024, 05:40 AM)SMcNeill Wrote: Option Explicit would've caught the issue for you in a second.

The very reason I never program without OPTION _EXPLICIT as the first line of code.

RE: blue circle isn't drawing and print isn't working? - madscijr - 09-21-2024

(09-21-2024, 12:10 PM)TerryRitchie Wrote:
(09-21-2024, 05:40 AM)SMcNeill Wrote: Option Explicit would've caught the issue for you in a second.
The very reason I never program without OPTION _EXPLICIT as the first line of code.

I usually use it myself, was just rushing here!
It's a very helpful tool for avoiding some of these issues right out of the gate.