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From: staley@ihuxe.UUCP (Clifford Staley)
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Subject: STRING ASSIGNMENTS IN BASIC
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 15:37:25 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 15:37:25 1985
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HELP!! I'm trying to run a piece of BASIC (save the wise cracks) software
that believes the following can be done....

	a="hello"              (1)
	z=mid$(a,.... etc      (2)

I've discovered that most basics require strings variables to be of the form

	a$="hello"	       (3)

The program I'm trying to run came from a public domain that claimed it was
microsoft basic.  I found a book on MBASIC that said (1) was an advanced
feature of MBASIC and recommended not to use it.

Q: Does anyone know if there is an IBM PC compatible BASIC that will handle
   this.  The program I'm running is long enough that fixing it would be a
   PAIN!!!. (even with a good editor)

						Thanks in advance
						C. D. Staley