diff --git a/examples/c64/text_encodings.mfk b/examples/c64/text_encodings.mfk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62488482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c64/text_encodings.mfk
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import stdio
+
+array p = [
+    "this is an example" petscii, 13,
+    "of multiline petscii text" petscii
+]
+
+array s = [
+    "and this is an example                  " scr,
+    "of text done in screencodes" scr
+]
+
+array screen [1000] @$400
+
+void main(){
+    byte i
+    putstr(p, p.length)
+    for i,0,paralleluntil,s.length {
+        screen[20 * 40 + i] = s[i]
+        c64_color_ram[20 * 40 + i] = light_blue
+    }
+    while(true){}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/MfParser.scala b/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/MfParser.scala
index 667a5360..d0bad836 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/MfParser.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/MfParser.scala
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ case class MfParser(filename: String, input: String, currentDirectory: String, o
     appc <- appcSimple | appcComplex
   } yield ParameterDeclaration(typ, appc).pos(p)
 
+  def arrayListElement: P[List[Expression]] = arrayStringContents | mlExpression(nonStatementLevel).map(List(_))
 
-  val arrayListContents: P[List[Expression]] = ("[" ~/ AWS ~/ mlExpression(nonStatementLevel).rep(sep = AWS ~ "," ~/ AWS) ~ AWS ~ "]" ~/ Pass).map(_.toList)
+  def arrayListContents: P[List[Expression]] = ("[" ~/ AWS ~/ arrayListElement.rep(sep = AWS ~ "," ~/ AWS) ~ AWS ~ "]" ~/ Pass).map(_.flatten.toList)
 
   val doubleQuotedString: P[List[Char]] = P("\"" ~/ CharsWhile(c => c != '\"' && c != '\n' && c != '\r').! ~ "\"").map(_.toList)
 
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ case class MfParser(filename: String, input: String, currentDirectory: String, o
     case (_, "ascii") => TextCodec.Ascii
     case (_, "petscii") => TextCodec.Petscii
     case (_, "pet") => TextCodec.Petscii
+    case (_, "scr") => TextCodec.CbmScreencodes
     case (p, x) =>
       ErrorReporting.error(s"Unknown string encoding: `$x`", Some(p))
       TextCodec.Ascii
diff --git a/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/TextCodec.scala b/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/TextCodec.scala
index cad9580b..a5ee46fd 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/TextCodec.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/TextCodec.scala
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package millfork.parser
+
 import millfork.error.ErrorReporting
 import millfork.node.Position
 
 /**
   * @author Karol Stasiak
   */
-class TextCodec(val name:String, private val map: String, private val extra: Map[Char,Int]) {
+class TextCodec(val name: String, private val map: String, private val extra: Map[Char, Int]) {
   def decode(position: Option[Position], c: Char): Int = {
     if (extra.contains(c)) extra(c) else {
       val index = map.indexOf(c)
@@ -21,10 +22,19 @@ class TextCodec(val name:String, private val map: String, private val extra: Map
 object TextCodec {
   val NotAChar = '\ufffd'
 
-  val Ascii = new TextCodec("ASCII", 0.until(127).map{i => if (i<32) NotAChar else i.toChar}.mkString, Map.empty)
+  val Ascii = new TextCodec("ASCII", 0.until(127).map { i => if (i < 32) NotAChar else i.toChar }.mkString, Map.empty)
+
+  val CbmScreencodes = new TextCodec("CBM-Screen",
+    "@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz[£]↑←" +
+      0x20.to(0x3f).map(_.toChar).mkString +
+      "–ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",
+    Map('^' -> 0x3E, 'π' -> 0x5E))
 
   val Petscii = new TextCodec("PETSCII",
-    "\ufffd" * 32 + 0x20.to(0x3f).map(_.toChar).mkString + "@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz[£]↑←–ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",
+    "\ufffd" * 32 +
+      0x20.to(0x3f).map(_.toChar).mkString +
+      "@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz[£]↑←" +
+      "–ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",
     Map('^' -> 0x5E, 'π' -> 0x7E)
   )
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/millfork/test/ArraySuite.scala b/src/test/scala/millfork/test/ArraySuite.scala
index f0919b11..2513c871 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/millfork/test/ArraySuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/millfork/test/ArraySuite.scala
@@ -155,4 +155,16 @@ class ArraySuite extends FunSuite with Matchers {
       """.stripMargin)(_.readByte(0xc000) should equal(0))
 
   }
+
+  test("Syntax") {
+    EmuUnoptimizedRun(
+      """
+        | array a = [1, 2, 3]
+        | array b = "text" ascii
+        | array c = ["text" ascii, 5]
+        | void main () {
+        | }
+      """.stripMargin)
+
+  }
 }