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5: BASIC Stamp Command Reference – LCDOUT
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Table 5.50 and Table 5.51 list all the available conversion formatters and
special formatters available to the LCDOUT command. See the DEBUG
and SEROUT commands for additional information and examples of their
use.
Table 5.50: LCDOUT Conversion
Formatters.
Conversion
Formatter
Type of Number Notes
DEC{1..5} Decimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 5 digits 1
SDEC{1..5} Signed decimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 5 digits 1,2
HEX{1..4} Hexadecimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 4 digits 1,3
SHEX{1..4} Signed hexadecimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 4 digits 1,2
IHEX{1..4} Indicated hexadecimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 4 digits ($ prefix) 1
ISHEX{1..4}
Signed, indicated hexadecimal, optionally fixed to 1 – 4 digits
($ prefix)
1,2
BIN{1..16} Binary, optionally fixed to 1 – 16 digits 1
SBIN{1..16} Signed binary, optionally fixed to 1 – 16 digits 1,2
IBIN{1..16} Indicated binary, optionally fixed to 1 – 16 digits (% prefix) 1
ISBIN{1..16} Signed, indicated binary, optionally fixed to 1 – 16 digits (% prefix) 1,2
1 Fixed-digit formatters like DEC4 will pad the number with leading 0s if necessary; ex:
DEC4 65 sends 0065. If a number is larger than the specified number of digits, the
leading digits will be dropped; ex: DEC4 56422 sends 6422.
2 Signed modifiers work under two's complement rules.
3 The HEX modifier can be used for BCD to Decimal Conversion. See “Hex to BCD
Conversion” on page 97.
Table 5.51: LCDOUT Special
Formatters.
Special Formatter Action
?
Displays "symbol = x' + carriage return; where x is a number.
Default format is decimal, but may be combined with conversion
f
ormatters (ex: BIN ? x to display "x = binary_number").
ASC ?
Displays "symbol = 'x'" + carriage return; where x is an ASCII
c
haracter.
STR ByteArray {\L}
Send character string from an array. The optional \L argument
c
an be used to limit the output to L characters, otherwise,
c
haracters will be sent up to the first byte equal to 0 or the end o
f
RAM space is reached.
REP Byte \L
Send a string consisting of Byte repeated L times
(ex: REP "X"\10 sends "XXXXXXXXXX").
The Command argument is useful for proceeding a set of data with a
special LCD instruction. For example, the code below will move the
cursor to location 64 (the first character on the second line) and print "Hi":
LCDOUT 0, 128 + 64, ["Hi"]
The next example, below, will turn on the blinking block cursor and print
"Yo!":
U
SING THE COMMAND ARGUMENT.